Heroes for the TruthPresbyterian Publication Committee, 1840 - 245 Seiten |
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... things in the just balance , and when offered some position of honour or of wealth by Sigbert , king of France , the devoted man was able to decline it , and say , “ It is not right that one who has relinquished his own riches for the ...
... things in the just balance , and when offered some position of honour or of wealth by Sigbert , king of France , the devoted man was able to decline it , and say , “ It is not right that one who has relinquished his own riches for the ...
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... things , " was obeyed by Columba , if ever by any . And the plans of this man were as comprehensive as his firmness and decision in carrying them out were praiseworthy . He was one of those rare souls who win , or who awe all that come ...
... things , " was obeyed by Columba , if ever by any . And the plans of this man were as comprehensive as his firmness and decision in carrying them out were praiseworthy . He was one of those rare souls who win , or who awe all that come ...
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... things in such an age , and at such a place , scepticism begins to question , Is this not the creation of fancy instead of the reality of fact ? Yet , all these were the un- doubted result of the personal ascendency of one wise spirit ...
... things in such an age , and at such a place , scepticism begins to question , Is this not the creation of fancy instead of the reality of fact ? Yet , all these were the un- doubted result of the personal ascendency of one wise spirit ...
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... things and he succeeded . By firm determination on the one hand , and invariable gen- tleness on the other , he made his strong will felt wherever his power was put forth . Often , amid his attempts to spread the light , he was thwarted ...
... things and he succeeded . By firm determination on the one hand , and invariable gen- tleness on the other , he made his strong will felt wherever his power was put forth . Often , amid his attempts to spread the light , he was thwarted ...
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... thing , " when he suddenly paused . His work was nearly finished , and the last sentiment which he transcribed from the book which he loved , was true of his own life . The first aspect in which we may regard him is that of a great ...
... thing , " when he suddenly paused . His work was nearly finished , and the last sentiment which he transcribed from the book which he loved , was true of his own life . The first aspect in which we may regard him is that of a great ...
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Seite 147 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Seite 110 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. "Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood.
Seite 65 - ... pernicious books, detest them, abhor them, keep them not in your hands, deliver them to the superiors, such as call for them ; and if, by reading of them heretofore, any thing...
Seite 106 - ... his handful of clay ; though his living groups, his crawling reptiles, his 'slimy snails, his slippery frogs, his lively lizards, and his damp herbs and dripping mosses had never adorned those dishes...
Seite 60 - Some man will ask, peradventure, Why I take the labour to make this work, inasmuch as they will burn it, seeing they burnt the Gospel? I answer, In burning the New Testament they did none other thing than that I looked for ; no more shall they do if they burn me also, if it be God's will it shall so be.
Seite 54 - I had no man to counterfeit, neither was helped with English of any that had interpreted the same or such like thing in the scripture beforetime.
Seite 53 - if it would stand with the king's most gracious pleasure, to grant only a bare text of the scriptures to be put forth among his people...
Seite 54 - ... to affirm that good is the natural cause of evil, and darkness to proceed out of light, and that lying should be grounded in truth and verity ; and not rather clean contrary, that light destroyeth darkness, and verity reproveth all manner of lying.
Seite 147 - Thou gav'st me milk and sweetnesses ; I had my wish and way : My days were strewed with flowers and happiness : There was no month but May.