Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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... never passed into the broad sunshine of general reputation or extensive 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 ...
... never passed into the broad sunshine of general reputation or extensive 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 ...
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... never relish , and whose inane morali- ties cannot edify . Such , unfortunately , was the ecclesias- tical condition of England when the Wesleys arose , and it is no breach of charity to aver , that , weighed in the balances of heaven ...
... never relish , and whose inane morali- ties cannot edify . Such , unfortunately , was the ecclesias- tical condition of England when the Wesleys arose , and it is no breach of charity to aver , that , weighed in the balances of heaven ...
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... never did a brighter spring sun pour gladness into the heart than that which shone upon us as we crept blithely along the road that gradually swept up from the ferry . Our sensations we will not attempt to describe , as we paced the ...
... never did a brighter spring sun pour gladness into the heart than that which shone upon us as we crept blithely along the road that gradually swept up from the ferry . Our sensations we will not attempt to describe , as we paced the ...
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... never before averaged £ 50 per year , and was the more agreeable as it promised to lead to something better , since the ground of his present advance- ment was the recognition in high places of the opportune loyalty of the literary ...
... never before averaged £ 50 per year , and was the more agreeable as it promised to lead to something better , since the ground of his present advance- ment was the recognition in high places of the opportune loyalty of the literary ...
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... Never was child more fortunate in a maternal guide than young Wesley , and never could mother claim more exclusively the credit of her son's early training . At eleven years of age he left home for the Charterhouse- school , but up to ...
... Never was child more fortunate in a maternal guide than young Wesley , and never could mother claim more exclusively the credit of her son's early training . At eleven years of age he left home for the Charterhouse- school , but up to ...
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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,