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. 1843 Excerpt: ... of your danger; but this only heightened your alarm, as you could see no refuge from the storm. And when Jesus condescended to speak words of comfort, you refused to hear. You doubted the assurances of his divinity; and, like St. Peter, would have wished a miracle to be performed. But still, as all other helps failed ...
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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. 1843 Excerpt: ... of your danger; but this only heightened your alarm, as you could see no refuge from the storm. And when Jesus condescended to speak words of comfort, you refused to hear. You doubted the assurances of his divinity; and, like St. Peter, would have wished a miracle to be performed. But still, as all other helps failed you, have you not at length cried for mercy when you felt yourself sinking? And have you not found that Jesus was standing unseen at your side, with outstretched arms ready to save you? It is this, I should fondly hope, which has abated the tumult of your mind, and effected that peaceful calm which you now enjoy." "I feared that I was presumptuous, sir; but I see that the Saviour is all mercy. You have quite satisfied me; and I shall now thank you to read the passage you were good enough to look out for me. I need a great deal of instruction, Sir; and it is very kind in you to take so much trouble with me." When Miss M. first mentioned her desire to hear my opinion about St. Peter's walking on the water, I was rather confused, feeling myself unprepared. But on reading over the interesting passage, the Lord, who graciously suggested it to her, also opened my eyes to see beauties in it which I had never done before, and enabled me to unfold them in a manner which proved suitable and satisfactory to her inquiring mind. Thus it is, that when God excites a hungering and thirsting after righteousness, he never fails to fill the longing soul with the abundance of his goodness. The subject which I had chosen, as likely to be profitable and comforting to Miss M. was the first discourse which Christ delivered at Nazareth, when he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, and opening the prophecy of Isaiah, found the place where it is...
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