The Life of the Rev. John WesleyWesleyan Conference Office, 1831 - 485 pages |
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Page 65
... towns especially they turned many of the people " from darkness to light . But the great body of the popish parish Priests went round with the Reformation , without conviction , and performed the new service , as they performed the old ...
... towns especially they turned many of the people " from darkness to light . But the great body of the popish parish Priests went round with the Reformation , without conviction , and performed the new service , as they performed the old ...
Page 67
... towns were ignorant and profligate ; and the inhabitants of villages added to ignorance and profligacy brutish and barbarous manners . A more striking instance of the rapid deterioration of religious light and influence in a country ...
... towns were ignorant and profligate ; and the inhabitants of villages added to ignorance and profligacy brutish and barbarous manners . A more striking instance of the rapid deterioration of religious light and influence in a country ...
Page 81
... town . I seized one of the tallest , and earnestly besought him to follow me . Yes , he said , that he would , all the world over . I pressed about six into the service . We met several parties , and stopped and exhorted them to follow ...
... town . I seized one of the tallest , and earnestly besought him to follow me . Yes , he said , that he would , all the world over . I pressed about six into the service . We met several parties , and stopped and exhorted them to follow ...
Page 110
... town had been changed . After preaching to a large congregation on Birstal Hill , and on the side of Dewsbury Moor , and encouraging Mr. Nelson in his endeavonrs to do good , Mr. Wesley proceeded to Newcastle - upon - Tyne , hoping to ...
... town had been changed . After preaching to a large congregation on Birstal Hill , and on the side of Dewsbury Moor , and encouraging Mr. Nelson in his endeavonrs to do good , Mr. Wesley proceeded to Newcastle - upon - Tyne , hoping to ...
Page 111
... town , after he had taken some refreshment , he observes , " I was surprised ; so much drunkenness , cursing , and swearing , even from the mouths of little children , do I never remember to have seen and heard before in so short a time ...
... town , after he had taken some refreshment , he observes , " I was surprised ; so much drunkenness , cursing , and swearing , even from the mouths of little children , do I never remember to have seen and heard before in so short a time ...
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Page 308 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 237 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 200 - Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
Page 167 - Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 100 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 44 - LORD'S Table, until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented...
Page 58 - About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me, that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 50 - I have a sin of fear that when I've spun My last thread I shall perish on the shore. But swear by thyself that at my death thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 193 - Jesus, confirm my heart's desire To work, and speak, and think for thee ; Still let me guard the holy fire, And still stir up thy gift in me.
Page 179 - For as many as are led by the -Spirit of God are the sons of God.