The Life: Experience and Travels, of John Colby, Preacher of the GospelN. Thurston & A. Watson, 1838 |
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... dience , that I never expected to rise above them ; and often thought , like Jonah , that it was even better for me to die than to live . But the spirit 3 LIFE OF JOHN COLBY . 25 filed from the presence of the Lord; not to ...
... dience , that I never expected to rise above them ; and often thought , like Jonah , that it was even better for me to die than to live . But the spirit 3 LIFE OF JOHN COLBY . 25 filed from the presence of the Lord; not to ...
Page 37
... expected , when I left home , ( as well as all my friends ) to have enjoyed his com- pany , and travelled as companions ; to have borne each other's burdens , and so to have fulfilled the law of Christ . But he now concluded that it was ...
... expected , when I left home , ( as well as all my friends ) to have enjoyed his com- pany , and travelled as companions ; to have borne each other's burdens , and so to have fulfilled the law of Christ . But he now concluded that it was ...
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... expected after meeting , that some of them would at- tack me on the subject but none of them ventured for- ward . I was informed by some of the family the next day , that a number of them acknowledged that they had heard the truth ...
... expected after meeting , that some of them would at- tack me on the subject but none of them ventured for- ward . I was informed by some of the family the next day , that a number of them acknowledged that they had heard the truth ...
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... expected not to see me any more in this world . Such a time I never witnessed . I could but cry out myself , in the language of Jeremiah , O that my head were waters , and mine eyes a fountain of tears , that I might weep day and night ...
... expected not to see me any more in this world . Such a time I never witnessed . I could but cry out myself , in the language of Jeremiah , O that my head were waters , and mine eyes a fountain of tears , that I might weep day and night ...
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... expected to leave the place on the next Monday or Tuesday ; and accordingly took my farewell of them . It was truly a powerful time through the whole meet- ing . It was a weeping , mourning season . " Blessed are they that mourn now ...
... expected to leave the place on the next Monday or Tuesday ; and accordingly took my farewell of them . It was truly a powerful time through the whole meet- ing . It was a weeping , mourning season . " Blessed are they that mourn now ...
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Page 108 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 18 - And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? 1 know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Page 104 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 120 - And I saw another Angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting .gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and 494 FALL OF BABYLON.
Page 120 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 57 - Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death "for every man.
Page 22 - O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughters of my people.
Page 17 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 144 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Page 137 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.