The Life: Experience and Travels, of John Colby, Preacher of the GospelN. Thurston & A. Watson, 1838 - 367 pages |
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... arrived to the age of fifteen , my father sold his possessions in Sandwich , and removed his family to Billy mead , state of Vermont , county of Caledonia , where , coming into a new country , and being in new company , and beholding ...
... arrived to the age of fifteen , my father sold his possessions in Sandwich , and removed his family to Billy mead , state of Vermont , county of Caledonia , where , coming into a new country , and being in new company , and beholding ...
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... arrived at the age of twenty . And al- though I strove to live a solemn , watchful and prayer- ful life , I found that my mind began to be much at- tached and glued to the things of time and sense The world , with all its cares , began ...
... arrived at the age of twenty . And al- though I strove to live a solemn , watchful and prayer- ful life , I found that my mind began to be much at- tached and glued to the things of time and sense The world , with all its cares , began ...
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... arrived , it brought to my mind old father Paul , Acts xvii . 16 : " Now while Paul waited for them at Athens , his spir- it was stirred in him , when he saw the city wholly giv- en to idolatry . " However , I hope this is not the de ...
... arrived , it brought to my mind old father Paul , Acts xvii . 16 : " Now while Paul waited for them at Athens , his spir- it was stirred in him , when he saw the city wholly giv- en to idolatry . " However , I hope this is not the de ...
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... arrived at brother Beard's , in Dunstable . The next day , crossed the Susquehannah river , and thence to Bald Eagle , and so on to the Center Township . Stayed that night , and attended a meeting at John Thomp- son's . And the Lord by ...
... arrived at brother Beard's , in Dunstable . The next day , crossed the Susquehannah river , and thence to Bald Eagle , and so on to the Center Township . Stayed that night , and attended a meeting at John Thomp- son's . And the Lord by ...
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... arrived at my father's house greatly re- joiced to find my friends all alive and well . I had been gone from home about eight months , and had travelled between three and four thousand miles . Af- ter I left my acquaintances in Vermont ...
... arrived at my father's house greatly re- joiced to find my friends all alive and well . I had been gone from home about eight months , and had travelled between three and four thousand miles . Af- ter I left my acquaintances in Vermont ...
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Page 108 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
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 38 - 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 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 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.
Page 133 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, And a covert from the tempest; As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 9 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 219 - It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
Page 15 - Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart; but as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped, for I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked, for there are no bands in their death, but their strength is firm.