The Orthodox Presbyterian, Volume 8W. M'Comb, 1837 |
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Page 115
... souls , and comprising an extent of territory almost equal to that of the British islands ; to the western Islands of the Pacific , numberless and teeming with inhabitants ; to the Indian Archipelago , that great nursery of uations ; to ...
... souls , and comprising an extent of territory almost equal to that of the British islands ; to the western Islands of the Pacific , numberless and teeming with inhabitants ; to the Indian Archipelago , that great nursery of uations ; to ...
Page 120
... souls . W. I heartily join in saying Amen to your prayer , as He alone can give the increase . But how is the work of teach- ing carried on , as I could not see any thing like school - houses , or hear of any , through the mountains ...
... souls . W. I heartily join in saying Amen to your prayer , as He alone can give the increase . But how is the work of teach- ing carried on , as I could not see any thing like school - houses , or hear of any , through the mountains ...
Page 123
... no longer say , He will come shortly , as I was wont to do . If I said , hope in God , my soul refused ; for the man whom I had But lost was an object preferable to the phantasm , * Augustine's Confessions Abridged . - No . IV . 123.
... no longer say , He will come shortly , as I was wont to do . If I said , hope in God , my soul refused ; for the man whom I had But lost was an object preferable to the phantasm , * Augustine's Confessions Abridged . - No . IV . 123.
Page 124
... soul of man turns itself , it fixes upon sorrow , except in thee . Be not vain , my soul , and deaf in the ear of the heart through the tumult of vanity . The word cries , that thou shouldst return , and there is rest . There with God ...
... soul of man turns itself , it fixes upon sorrow , except in thee . Be not vain , my soul , and deaf in the ear of the heart through the tumult of vanity . The word cries , that thou shouldst return , and there is rest . There with God ...
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... soul was occupied in the con- templation of the Saviour's finished work . Those who came to visit him , and to watch by his sick bed , were astonished at the gracious words that fell unconsciously from his lips . He would repeat over ...
... soul was occupied in the con- templation of the Saviour's finished work . Those who came to visit him , and to watch by his sick bed , were astonished at the gracious words that fell unconsciously from his lips . He would repeat over ...
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Page 257 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ! for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked...
Page 278 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 254 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said, The LORD, he is the God ; the LORD, he is the God.
Page 279 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 326 - What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise, for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all chapter 3: 9 5 under sin, "as it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one; " there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Page 253 - And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us.
Page 165 - And Cornelius said. Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
Page 186 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 254 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
Page 254 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name...