Remarkable Escapes from PerilReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 стор. |
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... Whilst reason and experience thus confute the idea of chance as an agency in the affairs of men , religion points us to God as the hidden cause , and his will as the secret law . But difficulties in the way of providential interposition ...
... Whilst reason and experience thus confute the idea of chance as an agency in the affairs of men , religion points us to God as the hidden cause , and his will as the secret law . But difficulties in the way of providential interposition ...
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... Whilst it condemns the pre- sumptuous neglect of means , it teaches us that second causes are but instruments in the hands of God , and that the laws of nature are but the manifestations of his Divine will . It adduces numberless ...
... Whilst it condemns the pre- sumptuous neglect of means , it teaches us that second causes are but instruments in the hands of God , and that the laws of nature are but the manifestations of his Divine will . It adduces numberless ...
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... this occasion . At length he arrived , having been detained by an unexpected and pressing en- gagement . Whilst on their way to the vessel , she blew up with a fearful explosion . Had he 28 REMARKABLE ESCAPES FROM PERIL .
... this occasion . At length he arrived , having been detained by an unexpected and pressing en- gagement . Whilst on their way to the vessel , she blew up with a fearful explosion . Had he 28 REMARKABLE ESCAPES FROM PERIL .
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... at the foot of the cross , and consecrated , in simple faith , to the Saviour . It was whilst he was living without God , that he experienced the following providential deliver- ance . A " The ship in which he sailed , " JAMES HALDANE . 29.
... at the foot of the cross , and consecrated , in simple faith , to the Saviour . It was whilst he was living without God , that he experienced the following providential deliver- ance . A " The ship in which he sailed , " JAMES HALDANE . 29.
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... whilst on the way , and even besought those who carried him to kill him , that he might escape the excruciating anguish of his wound . As he was two nights and a day before his wounds were dressed , he often spoke of it as another ...
... whilst on the way , and even besought those who carried him to kill him , that he might escape the excruciating anguish of his wound . As he was two nights and a day before his wounds were dressed , he often spoke of it as another ...
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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?
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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.
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