The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell JamesD. Appleton & Company, 1838 - 192 pages |
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... soul to God ! Foolish and vain , I went astray ; Ere I had felt thy scourges , Lord , I left my guide and lost my way ; But now I love and keep thy word . ' Tis good for me to wear the yoke , For pride is apt to rise and swell ; " T is ...
... soul to God ! Foolish and vain , I went astray ; Ere I had felt thy scourges , Lord , I left my guide and lost my way ; But now I love and keep thy word . ' Tis good for me to wear the yoke , For pride is apt to rise and swell ; " T is ...
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... soul in which he had already excited those spiritual appetites which he has promised to supply . Even surrounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she was only happy as she was conversant with the spiritual ...
... soul in which he had already excited those spiritual appetites which he has promised to supply . Even surrounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she was only happy as she was conversant with the spiritual ...
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... and insensible . The grace of God rises in my soul ; I com- prehend the mercy of the Lord Jesus , and certainly I experience the sweetness of his promises . " Such convictions and desires could not but result in that 36 MEMOIR OF.
... and insensible . The grace of God rises in my soul ; I com- prehend the mercy of the Lord Jesus , and certainly I experience the sweetness of his promises . " Such convictions and desires could not but result in that 36 MEMOIR OF.
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... soul ; and since I have been enabled to embrace with ardour all its provisions , my heart enjoys a sweet and incomparable tranquillity . Formerly , I vaguely assured myself that a merciful God would pardon me : but now I feel that I ...
... soul ; and since I have been enabled to embrace with ardour all its provisions , my heart enjoys a sweet and incomparable tranquillity . Formerly , I vaguely assured myself that a merciful God would pardon me : but now I feel that I ...
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... soul , with all that the world alone can give of joy , or happiness , or glory , I feel that the least in the kingdom of heaven , is a hundred times more blessed than the great- est and most elevated of the men of the world ...
... soul , with all that the world alone can give of joy , or happiness , or glory , I feel that the least in the kingdom of heaven , is a hundred times more blessed than the great- est and most elevated of the men of the world ...
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