Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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Page 51
... hope to find all the conditions presented in John Wesley show themselves again in England . We may not look upon his like again . His labours in a particular department — that of preaching - astound from their magnitude ; although these ...
... hope to find all the conditions presented in John Wesley show themselves again in England . We may not look upon his like again . His labours in a particular department — that of preaching - astound from their magnitude ; although these ...
Page 61
... hope for their bodies or their souls but in the labours and voluntary gifts of Christians for their salvation . He felt for their fate ; but , eminently practical , he felt in bed and board , in clothing and comfort . His was sumptuary ...
... hope for their bodies or their souls but in the labours and voluntary gifts of Christians for their salvation . He felt for their fate ; but , eminently practical , he felt in bed and board , in clothing and comfort . His was sumptuary ...
Page 66
... hope , the labour of love . Let my soul be with these Christians , wheresoever they are , and whatsoever opinion they are of . Whosoever thus doth the will of my Father which is in heaven , the same is my brother and sister and mother ...
... hope , the labour of love . Let my soul be with these Christians , wheresoever they are , and whatsoever opinion they are of . Whosoever thus doth the will of my Father which is in heaven , the same is my brother and sister and mother ...
Page 102
... understood that all is well with me whether I live or die . For two months I have not had a cloud to darken my hope ; I have had uninterrupted confidence in my Saviour's love . " He now commenced 102 WILLIAM M'KENDREE .
... understood that all is well with me whether I live or die . For two months I have not had a cloud to darken my hope ; I have had uninterrupted confidence in my Saviour's love . " He now commenced 102 WILLIAM M'KENDREE .
Page 108
... hope , remained unaltered . The strong character of the man was shown in this as in all things . He knew not how to vacillate . He was admitted to the bar in 1808 , and opened an office in Centreville . Such was the public confidence in ...
... hope , remained unaltered . The strong character of the man was shown in this as in all things . He knew not how to vacillate . He was admitted to the bar in 1808 , and opened an office in Centreville . Such was the public confidence in ...
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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,