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... need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous , nor the regret of folly to make him wise . " * * President Kirkland's Life of Mr. Ames . In the summer of 1800 he received the honours of xvi MEMOIR OF MR . BUCKMINSTER .
... need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous , nor the regret of folly to make him wise . " * * President Kirkland's Life of Mr. Ames . In the summer of 1800 he received the honours of xvi MEMOIR OF MR . BUCKMINSTER .
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Joseph Stevens Buckminster. In the summer of 1800 he received the honours of the university . There are many , who recollect the oration , which he then delivered on " the literary characters of different nations , " and the impression ...
Joseph Stevens Buckminster. In the summer of 1800 he received the honours of the university . There are many , who recollect the oration , which he then delivered on " the literary characters of different nations , " and the impression ...
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... honour most justly due to his preeminent attainments in this sci- ence . All his studies had contributed to fit him for this office ; but , to increase his qualifications , he immediately began the study of the German language , and ...
... honour most justly due to his preeminent attainments in this sci- ence . All his studies had contributed to fit him for this office ; but , to increase his qualifications , he immediately began the study of the German language , and ...
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... honours , without any twilight coming over his fame . We are spared the dreadful spectacle of beholding such a mind in ruins . God can raise up other instruments to effect his benevolent purposes - Farewell then ! We must say of thee ...
... honours , without any twilight coming over his fame . We are spared the dreadful spectacle of beholding such a mind in ruins . God can raise up other instruments to effect his benevolent purposes - Farewell then ! We must say of thee ...
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... honour for three days to belong . We travelled on foot as far as Hopital , a small village in the valley of Urseren , at the foot of St. Gothard . Here we took mules to carry us over the difficult passes of the Furea and the Grimsel ...
... honour for three days to belong . We travelled on foot as far as Hopital , a small village in the valley of Urseren , at the foot of St. Gothard . Here we took mules to carry us over the difficult passes of the Furea and the Grimsel ...
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Page 139 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 213 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 214 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 66 - And the people gave a shout, saying, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 338 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page xxxiii - And this I pray, that your love may ab'ound yet more and more in knowledge and 'in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 108 - By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Page 112 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.
Page 2 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
Page viii - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.