The Life of Col. James Gardiner, with Extracts from His Funeral SermonReligious Tract Society, 1864 - 149 pàgines |
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Pàgina iv
... give a splendour to his name among the British soldiery , and render him an example to all officers of his rank . But , alas ! amidst all the intrepidity of the martial hero , you see him vanquished by the blandishments of pleasure ...
... give a splendour to his name among the British soldiery , and render him an example to all officers of his rank . But , alas ! amidst all the intrepidity of the martial hero , you see him vanquished by the blandishments of pleasure ...
Pàgina vii
... give you , in some far distant period of time , to resign it by a gentler dissolution than the hero from whom you sprung ; or , if unerring wisdom appoint otherwise , to end it with equal glory ! I am , dear Sir , Your ever faithful ...
... give you , in some far distant period of time , to resign it by a gentler dissolution than the hero from whom you sprung ; or , if unerring wisdom appoint otherwise , to end it with equal glory ! I am , dear Sir , Your ever faithful ...
Pàgina 4
... give a more particular account , was born at Carriden , in Linlithgowshire , on the 10th of January , A.D. 1687-8 ; the memorable year of that glorious revolution which he justly esteemed among the hap- piest of all events . So that ...
... give a more particular account , was born at Carriden , in Linlithgowshire , on the 10th of January , A.D. 1687-8 ; the memorable year of that glorious revolution which he justly esteemed among the hap- piest of all events . So that ...
Pàgina 6
... give to so wise and good a man in the maturity of life . And I have been informed , that after his remarkable conversion he declined accepting a challenge with this calm and truly great reply , which , in a man of his experienced ...
... give to so wise and good a man in the maturity of life . And I have been informed , that after his remarkable conversion he declined accepting a challenge with this calm and truly great reply , which , in a man of his experienced ...
Pàgina 7
... give him so uncommon a story at large . Our young officer was of a party in the forlorn hope , and was commanded on what seemed almost a desperate service , to dispossess the French of the churchyard at Ramillies , where a considerable ...
... give him so uncommon a story at large . Our young officer was of a party in the forlorn hope , and was commanded on what seemed almost a desperate service , to dispossess the French of the churchyard at Ramillies , where a considerable ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 122 - 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: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Pàgina 124 - He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure : And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor.
Pàgina 109 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Pàgina 56 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Pàgina 55 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, honour, and glory, and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Pàgina 53 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost.
Pàgina 124 - HARK, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes ! The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.
Pàgina 25 - ... he was reading, which he at first imagined might happen by some accident in the candle. But lifting up his eyes, he apprehended, to his extreme amazement, that there was before him, as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord JESUS CHRIST upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed, as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this ef*fect, (for he was not confident as to the very words;) " Oh sinner, did I suffer...
Pàgina 125 - Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, And sheds its fragrance there ! The noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. I'll speak the honours of thy name, With my last labouring breath ; Then speechless clasp thee in my arms, The antidote of death.
Pàgina 52 - Did not our hearts burn within us/ &c. ; or rather like what Paul felt, when he could not tell whether he was in the body, or out of it.