Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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... FOUNDATIONS 1915 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1863 , by CARLTON & PHILLIPS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York : Preface . THE " age of chivalry " was renewed.
... FOUNDATIONS 1915 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1863 , by CARLTON & PHILLIPS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York : Preface . THE " age of chivalry " was renewed.
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... entered himself a penniless servitor ; who afterward , a right loyal but very threadbare clergyman , rode off in a huff from his wife , nor rejoined her for a twelvemonth , till the death of King William released him from his sturdily ...
... entered himself a penniless servitor ; who afterward , a right loyal but very threadbare clergyman , rode off in a huff from his wife , nor rejoined her for a twelvemonth , till the death of King William released him from his sturdily ...
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... entered into the calculation of his unfriendly critics and biographers- a strong sense of duty springing from love to God . The stanza of the hymn so much upon his lips on his dying bed is the key that unlocks his heart , that opens up ...
... entered into the calculation of his unfriendly critics and biographers- a strong sense of duty springing from love to God . The stanza of the hymn so much upon his lips on his dying bed is the key that unlocks his heart , that opens up ...
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... entering into the work of a travelling preacher neither removed my doubts nor the difficulties that attended my labours . Sustained by a determination to make a full trial , I resorted to fasting and prayer , and waited for those kind ...
... entering into the work of a travelling preacher neither removed my doubts nor the difficulties that attended my labours . Sustained by a determination to make a full trial , I resorted to fasting and prayer , and waited for those kind ...
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... entered upon his western labours with all the ardour of his energetic nature , and the influence of his example was soon felt in the ranks of his itinerant brethren ; for they saw that a leader of such activity and energy would never be ...
... entered upon his western labours with all the ardour of his energetic nature , and the influence of his example was soon felt in the ranks of his itinerant brethren ; for they saw that a leader of such activity and energy would never be ...
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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,