Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1Sutherland and Knox, 1850 - 606 pages |
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... ment to both when we met in after years . " His third session at college , that of 1793-94 , was Dr. Chalmers ' intellectual birth - time . That intelligence which never afterwards knew a season of slumbering inactivity then awoke ...
... ment to both when we met in after years . " His third session at college , that of 1793-94 , was Dr. Chalmers ' intellectual birth - time . That intelligence which never afterwards knew a season of slumbering inactivity then awoke ...
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... ment of my literary life , than to that of all the other academic men whose classes I ever attended . But in addition to his pub- lic lessons , I had the privilege of being admitted to a long inti- macy with your departed husband , and ...
... ment of my literary life , than to that of all the other academic men whose classes I ever attended . But in addition to his pub- lic lessons , I had the privilege of being admitted to a long inti- macy with your departed husband , and ...
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... ment that I have not a room to myself , but that some of my pupils sleep in it along with me . However , I shall not make these the subject of complaint , as in these respects I am treated as Mr. G- , and as I entered into the family on ...
... ment that I have not a room to myself , but that some of my pupils sleep in it along with me . However , I shall not make these the subject of complaint , as in these respects I am treated as Mr. G- , and as I entered into the family on ...
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... ment - can it possibly be the product of the intrinsic proper- ties of matter - the blind laws of motion ? Too audibly to be unheard by any but the ear which wilfully closes itself , such adaptation speaks of a divine and intelligent ...
... ment - can it possibly be the product of the intrinsic proper- ties of matter - the blind laws of motion ? Too audibly to be unheard by any but the ear which wilfully closes itself , such adaptation speaks of a divine and intelligent ...
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... ment . " I don't know if you have heard of the arrangements that have taken place in the New College - Dr . Trotter to get the Church History Chair , and Mr. Cook of Kilmany the Hebrew . I have been as vigorous in my application for the ...
... ment . " I don't know if you have heard of the arrangements that have taken place in the New College - Dr . Trotter to get the Church History Chair , and Mr. Cook of Kilmany the Hebrew . I have been as vigorous in my application for the ...
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Page 505 - For the king knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Page 355 - For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace!
Page 401 - Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Page 423 - ... not in word only, but in power, and in the. Holy Ghost, and in much assurance — and the object .for which Paul laboured with the Galatians would be accomplished in you.
Page 427 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 395 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
Page 256 - All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Page 435 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 431 - interesting fact is, that during the whole of that " period in which I made no attempt against the " natural enmity of the mind to God ; while I was "inattentive to the way in which this enmity is " dissolved, even by the free offer, on the one hand, " and the believing acceptance, on the other, of the
Page 256 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.