This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...fear none at the helm of Government make God their trust; all seem to lean on an arm of flesh. " I wish those in power would recognise a Providence in some of their war despatches; 1 have never seen a line in reference to Him who alone can give the victory, and who ruleth on earth as well as in the armies of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...fear none at the helm of Government make God their trust; all seem to lean on an arm of flesh. " I wish those in power would recognise a Providence in some of their war despatches; 1 have never seen a line in reference to Him who alone can give the victory, and who ruleth on earth as well as in the armies of heaven; but with their own Master all will stand or fall. Lord Raglan has a most responsible and trying situation, and our sympathies have been raised in his behalf: may he turn to the stronghold for counsel and strength, for He only can deliver in the day of trouble. " We are reading the interesting life of Sir Fowell Buxton, Mrs. Fry's brother-in-law; a spirit of genuine piety breathes through his letters. " A lecture on the life and death of Cromwell has been presented to my view; I have read it, and wish saw it, as I think it would soften hard thoughts respecting his character. I believe (from that lecture) he died a real Christian. thinks him a hypocrite from first to last; the lecturer clears him of hypocrisy from beginning to end; thus doctors differ. Is it not well our final judgment rests in the hands of unerring wisdom? Some of Cromwell's last words were: ' Ah, poor creature that I am! Yet I can do all things through Christ who strengthened me. Well, Paul's Christ is my Christ, and I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content, ' &c. " I am sorry to hear your gardener's wife is a sufferer from bodily disease; but I trust, though cast down, she does not feel forsaken, and that her lamp is trimmed and burning, and that whether living or dying she is the Lord's. " All your domestics have my sincere and cordial remembrances, and if I could do them good for time or eternity I certainly would. " I trust you will have a...
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