Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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... believe , that there was not much of human passion at the bottom of the indignant Luther's breach with Rome , while ingen- uous Protestantism must blush over the sensuality and cruelty of Henry VIII . Even the self - denying non - con ...
... believe , that there was not much of human passion at the bottom of the indignant Luther's breach with Rome , while ingen- uous Protestantism must blush over the sensuality and cruelty of Henry VIII . Even the self - denying non - con ...
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... believe , love , endure , and be happy ! " And so he did according to his knowledge , for a more conscientious cler- gyman and teacher , for the space of ten years , never lived than the Rev. John Wesley , fellow and tutor of Lincoln ...
... believe , love , endure , and be happy ! " And so he did according to his knowledge , for a more conscientious cler- gyman and teacher , for the space of ten years , never lived than the Rev. John Wesley , fellow and tutor of Lincoln ...
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... , " What must we do to be saved ? " John Wesley's divine simple Scriptural answer was , " Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved . " His personal experience of the efficacy of the prescrip- tion 32 JOHN WESLEY .
... , " What must we do to be saved ? " John Wesley's divine simple Scriptural answer was , " Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved . " His personal experience of the efficacy of the prescrip- tion 32 JOHN WESLEY .
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... believe upon the Son of God ? " A second truth developed in the ministry of John Wes- ley , is the absolute need of spiritual influence to secure the conversion of the soul . Conversion is not a question of willing or not willing on the ...
... believe upon the Son of God ? " A second truth developed in the ministry of John Wes- ley , is the absolute need of spiritual influence to secure the conversion of the soul . Conversion is not a question of willing or not willing on the ...
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... believe has been in a fair proportion secured . And the labour that marks the lower , marks preeminently the higher departments of the system . The ministry beyond all professions demands labour . He who seeks a cure that it may be a ...
... believe has been in a fair proportion secured . And the labour that marks the lower , marks preeminently the higher departments of the system . The ministry beyond all professions demands labour . He who seeks a cure that it may be a ...
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Page 57 - 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 122 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 285 - For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Page 41 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling...
Page 36 - Such a society is no other than " a company of men having the form and seeking the power of godliness, united in order to pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over one another in love, that they may help each other to work out their salvation.
Page 299 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 46 - Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!
Page 225 - Lord King's account of the primitive Church convinced me, many years ago, that bishops and presbyters are the same order, and consequently have the same right to ordain.
Page 27 - Instantly I resolved to dedicate all my life to God, all my thoughts, and words, and actions: being thoroughly convinced, there was no medium; but that every part of my life (not some only) must either be a sacrifice to God, or myself, that is, in effect, to the devil.
Page 273 - My God is reconciled ; His pardoning voice I hear : He owns me for his child ; I can no longer fear: With confidence I now draw nigh, And, "Father, Abba, Father,