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. 1847 Excerpt: ...I wish to be His alone; to abandon every sin, and every purpose of my own, and every ground of confidence but Christ, and to live wholly to advance the glory of my Saviour on earth, and prepare my soul for heaven." Mr. Duy felt the deepest anxiety for the conversion of his friends from sin to holiness, and was ...
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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. 1847 Excerpt: ...I wish to be His alone; to abandon every sin, and every purpose of my own, and every ground of confidence but Christ, and to live wholly to advance the glory of my Saviour on earth, and prepare my soul for heaven." Mr. Duy felt the deepest anxiety for the conversion of his friends from sin to holiness, and was exceedingly faithful in urging upon them motives, to influence their hearts to embrace the religion of Jesus. By how many are the warnings contained in the annexed letter, as much needed and more so, perhaps, than by her to whom it was addressed. Theological Seminary of Virginia, "January 16, 1845. -my Dear Cousin: --The affection and deep interest with which I have always regarded you, induce me to call your attention, in a very plain manner, to a subject which, more nearly than any other, concerns your present happiness and eternal welfare. It is the subject of personal religion. I trust you will require no apology for the unrestrained manner in which I shall feel myself at liberty to write to you, but will rather attribute it to the sincerity and earnestness which I certainly feel. - With great pleasure I have seen you united in the holy bonds of matrimony, to one so well worthy of your affections. In him, I doubt not, you will always find all the happiness which the most devoted attachment and the tenderest affection can secure to you. Truly, God has been good to you, in giving you so many of the blessings of this life. Your cup is full. But it is not without its drop of bitterness even now, to remind you that this world is not the portion of an immortal being. I refer to the sorrow you must feel to witness the declining health of one of your beloved parents, and the affliction which is caused to the other by this dispensation o...
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