Remarkable Escapes from PerilReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 стор. |
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... Father , I have had a merciful escape since we parted ; my horse fell under me , yet I was preserved unhurt . " " My son , " replied he , i " I have had a yet more wonderful escape ; I have ridden five hundred miles , and has not so ...
... Father , I have had a merciful escape since we parted ; my horse fell under me , yet I was preserved unhurt . " " My son , " replied he , i " I have had a yet more wonderful escape ; I have ridden five hundred miles , and has not so ...
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... without the will of his Father who is in heaven . In the following pages it is intended to ad- duce some instances of remarkable escapes from peril , which may tend to give a more vivid 8 REMARKABLE ESCAPES FROM PERIL .
... without the will of his Father who is in heaven . In the following pages it is intended to ad- duce some instances of remarkable escapes from peril , which may tend to give a more vivid 8 REMARKABLE ESCAPES FROM PERIL .
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... father , observing , ' I here bring you a fine present which you little expect . ' My father , who was of a philosophical disposition , said , ' What God gives me I shall always re- ceive thankfully ; ' and turning aside the clothes in ...
... father , observing , ' I here bring you a fine present which you little expect . ' My father , who was of a philosophical disposition , said , ' What God gives me I shall always re- ceive thankfully ; ' and turning aside the clothes in ...
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... father's house , a large scorpion fell out from behind a water - tank . Taking it for a crab , he seized it , but from its size and the manner in which he grasped it , its two mouths protruded beyond his little hand on one side , and ...
... father's house , a large scorpion fell out from behind a water - tank . Taking it for a crab , he seized it , but from its size and the manner in which he grasped it , its two mouths protruded beyond his little hand on one side , and ...
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... Father , into thy hands I commit my spirit ; ' thus verifying the observation of Tertullian , that in moments of danger men involuntarily call upon God , even when they seem practically to forget his existence , and trample upon his ...
... Father , into thy hands I commit my spirit ; ' thus verifying the observation of Tertullian , that in moments of danger men involuntarily call upon God , even when they seem practically to forget his existence , and trample upon his ...
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Сторінка 189 - Oh blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall?
Сторінка 157 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Сторінка 25 - Besides, another time, being in the field with one of my companions, it chanced that an adder passed over the highway ; so I, having a stick in...
Сторінка 75 - For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Сторінка 189 - Eternal Cause Prone for his favourites to reverse his laws? Shall burning .ZEtna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ? On air or sea new motions be impress'd, O blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres...
Сторінка 75 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Сторінка 74 - ... proper word, that the mark was put on when the door was open and flat against the wall, and thereby came on the inside when we shut it at night, and the destroying angel passed by it...
Сторінка 72 - There were but two foreigners in the convention, Anacharsis Cloots and myself. We were both put out of the convention by the same vote, arrested by the same order, and carried to. prison together the same night. He was taken to the guillotine, and I was again left. Joel Barlow was with us when we went to prison. Joseph...
Сторінка 153 - A clergyman had come to this city from a short distance in the country, and was sleeping at an inn, when he dreamed of seeing a fire, and one of his children in the midst of it. He awoke with the impression, and instantly left town on his return home. When he arrived within sight of his house, he found it on fire, and got there in time to assist in saving one of his children who, in the alarm and confusion, had been left in a situation of danger.
Сторінка 26 - I, with others, were drawn out to go to such a place to besiege it ; but when I was just ready to go, one of the company desired to go in my room : to which, when I had consented, he took my place; and coming to the siege, as he stood sentinel, he was shot in the head with a musket bullet, and died. Here, as I said, were judgments and mercy, but neither of them did awaken my soul to righteousness ; wherefore I sinned still, and grew more and more rebellious against God, and careless of my own salvation.