mercifulness

Example Sentences

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Was not the practice said to have been adopted at Jaffa by an extraordinary character, to be esteemed for mercifulness in comparison of this?

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

The tendency is toward too great mercifulness, which spoils the character of the nation, just as leniency to the developing child spoils individual character.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

But the mercifulness of a thorough investigation is that, once well done, it need not be repeated, and by saving endless blundering it also saves a family from much charitable meddling.

From Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers by Richmond, Mary Ellen

Our mercifulness, then, is a reflection from His.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

But the humility and lowliness of heart, the mercifulness and peace-seeking which Christ inculcated were essentially powers of self-restraint, not negative but positive attitudes to life.

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Alexander, Archibald B. C.