The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Compiled from His Correspondence and Other Authentic Sources of Information; Containing Remarks on His Writings, and on the Peculiarities of His Interesting Character, Never Before Published1834 - Всего страниц: 288 |
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... prayer in secret , but being little accustomed to that exercise of the heart , and having very childish notions of religion , he found it a difficult and painful task , and was even then alarmed at his own insensibility . These ...
... prayer in secret , but being little accustomed to that exercise of the heart , and having very childish notions of religion , he found it a difficult and painful task , and was even then alarmed at his own insensibility . These ...
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... prayer . Such is the rank our Redeemer holds in our esteem , that we never resort to him but in the last instance ... prayers , and made frequent use of them . Weak as my faith was , the Almighty , who will not break the bruised reed ...
... prayer . Such is the rank our Redeemer holds in our esteem , that we never resort to him but in the last instance ... prayers , and made frequent use of them . Weak as my faith was , the Almighty , who will not break the bruised reed ...
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... prayer . Cowper deeply deplored the want of this faith , and could only reply to his friend's remarks , in a brief but very sincere petition , " Most earnestly do I wish it would please God to bestow it on me . " His brother ...
... prayer . Cowper deeply deplored the want of this faith , and could only reply to his friend's remarks , in a brief but very sincere petition , " Most earnestly do I wish it would please God to bestow it on me . " His brother ...
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... , unbelieving heart , to raise up a child unto Abraham . How glad should I now have been to have spent every moment in prayer and thanksgiving ! I lost no oppor- tunity of repairing to a throne of grace ; but 38 THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
... , unbelieving heart , to raise up a child unto Abraham . How glad should I now have been to have spent every moment in prayer and thanksgiving ! I lost no oppor- tunity of repairing to a throne of grace ; but 38 THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
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... prayer and praise were his daily employment ; his heart overflowed with love to his Redeemer , and his meditation of him was sweet . In his own expressive and beautiful lines , he felt- " Ere yet mortality's fine threads gave way , A ...
... prayer and praise were his daily employment ; his heart overflowed with love to his Redeemer , and his meditation of him was sweet . In his own expressive and beautiful lines , he felt- " Ere yet mortality's fine threads gave way , A ...
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