Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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... influence . There were those , we gladly own , who bowed not the knee to the prevailing dissoluteness or indifference ; but , like angels ' visits , these were few and far between . And it is not to be denied that in many non ...
... influence . There were those , we gladly own , who bowed not the knee to the prevailing dissoluteness or indifference ; but , like angels ' visits , these were few and far between . And it is not to be denied that in many non ...
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... influences we have named . Their learning , their enlightened hatred of the fanaticism under the common- wealth , and an honourable sense of the advantages of their position , made them carefully shun the excesses of non - conforming ...
... influences we have named . Their learning , their enlightened hatred of the fanaticism under the common- wealth , and an honourable sense of the advantages of their position , made them carefully shun the excesses of non - conforming ...
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... influence to secure the conversion of the soul . Conversion is not a question of willing or not willing on the part of man : the soul bears no resemblance to the muscles of the healthy arm , which the mere will to straighten and stiffen ...
... influence to secure the conversion of the soul . Conversion is not a question of willing or not willing on the part of man : the soul bears no resemblance to the muscles of the healthy arm , which the mere will to straighten and stiffen ...
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... influence of the Holy Ghost is neces- sary to quicken , renew , and purify the soul , we do at the same time repudiate the principle that man may fold his hands in sleep till the divine voice arouse him . Nothing short of a celestial ...
... influence of the Holy Ghost is neces- sary to quicken , renew , and purify the soul , we do at the same time repudiate the principle that man may fold his hands in sleep till the divine voice arouse him . Nothing short of a celestial ...
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... influences it can command , and coin all the ingenuity of its devices into schemes for the saving benefit of the world . Thus not merely conservative of the truth must the Church be for its own edification and nur- ture , but also ...
... influences it can command , and coin all the ingenuity of its devices into schemes for the saving benefit of the world . Thus not merely conservative of the truth must the Church be for its own edification and nur- ture , but also ...
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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,