The Life: Experience and Travels, of John Colby, Preacher of the GospelN. Thurston & A. Watson, 1838 |
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... season , I will call for thee . " But , alas ! how shocking must have been the consequence , had he granted my wicked prayer ; that is , " gone his way , " and returned to me no more . I must then have taken up this doleful lamentation ...
... season , I will call for thee . " But , alas ! how shocking must have been the consequence , had he granted my wicked prayer ; that is , " gone his way , " and returned to me no more . I must then have taken up this doleful lamentation ...
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... season . In the evening , we met in the same neighborhood we met in the night before ; and the glo- ry and power of the Lord was wonderfully displayed . The young woman before mentioned was brought into the liberty of the sons of God ...
... season . In the evening , we met in the same neighborhood we met in the night before ; and the glo- ry and power of the Lord was wonderfully displayed . The young woman before mentioned was brought into the liberty of the sons of God ...
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... season , and found a good many loving brethren in that place . Saturday , December 9th , was my birth day ; I was twenty - two years of age . Twenty - two years of my precious time is gone , And I'm fast hast'ning to my long and final ...
... season , and found a good many loving brethren in that place . Saturday , December 9th , was my birth day ; I was twenty - two years of age . Twenty - two years of my precious time is gone , And I'm fast hast'ning to my long and final ...
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... season on account of the presence of the Lord . I told the peo- ple I should leave the place the next morning ; and those that were young , came and bade me farewell ! It seemed as if their hearts would have broken , as they expected ...
... season on account of the presence of the Lord . I told the peo- ple I should leave the place the next morning ; and those that were young , came and bade me farewell ! It seemed as if their hearts would have broken , as they expected ...
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... season . After meeting was done , I told the people I did not expect to meet with them again . And I wished all who meant to seek the Lord and wished me to pray for them , to make it manifest by shaking hands with me . And I judged ...
... season . After meeting was done , I told the people I did not expect to meet with them again . And I wished all who meant to seek the Lord and wished me to pray for them , to make it manifest by shaking hands with me . And I judged ...
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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.