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But John Prescott's pilgrimage was far from ended, and severer chastenings than any yet experienced awaited him.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Various
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The head, so finely proportioned, and crowned with luxuriant, waving hair, inclines gracefully to one side, as in submission to the chastenings of Providence.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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I hope and pray that the chastenings of our blessed Lord, in depriving us of our worldly possessions, may be sanctified to us, and lead us, more earnestly and undoubtingly, to seek for possessions in that Kingdom where all is joy, and peace, and love.
A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless
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But let the young remember, there is often in these disappointments, so hard to meet, the most wholesome and salutary chastenings.
A Book for the Young Sarah French
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The chastenings of divine love produced profitable experience, and being accepted by him, with humble gratitude and prayerful submission, his heart was enriched by spiritual blessings.
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These were chastenings, at present not joyous but grievous; but they would work out for him a more eternal weight of glory.
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Just cease to rejoice, through fear of man and of being peculiar; be prim and proper as a white and polished gravestone; let gushing joy be curbed; neglect to pray when you feel a gentle pull in your heart to get alone with the Lord; omit giving hearty thanks for all God's tender mercies, faithful discipline and loving chastenings, and soon you will find the
When the Holy Ghost is Come Col. S. L. Brengle
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It might have been better tactics on Sourdough's part to have made direct for some killing hold, instead of administering these instructive preliminary chastenings.
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It becomes you to receive these chastenings in the right spirit.
In the hospital, George Boardman 1907
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These sharp chastenings of friendship Burke endured with the perfect self-command, not of the cold and indifferent egotist, but of one who had trained himself not to expect too much from men.
Burke Morley, John 1907
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