Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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... passing the sounding sea and the dismal marsh , lofty Terracina and lowly Fondi , at length tops the range that encloses the Campagna southward , what object is it chiefly arrests the eye ? In that great ocean of a JOHN WESLEY . 11.
... passing the sounding sea and the dismal marsh , lofty Terracina and lowly Fondi , at length tops the range that encloses the Campagna southward , what object is it chiefly arrests the eye ? In that great ocean of a JOHN WESLEY . 11.
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... 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 and ...
... 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 and ...
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... Passing from under the tutelage of his accomplished mother , young Wesley became at the Charterhouse a sedate , quiet , and industrious pupil . The regularity of system which characterized the man was even then visible in the boy ...
... Passing from under the tutelage of his accomplished mother , young Wesley became at the Charterhouse a sedate , quiet , and industrious pupil . The regularity of system which characterized the man was even then visible in the boy ...
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... passing by in his supercilious- ness , and asking , " Who is my neighbour ? " and the last to found a community which should be icy , selfish , and unfeeling . He was a working minister , and fathomed the depth and yielded to the full ...
... passing by in his supercilious- ness , and asking , " Who is my neighbour ? " and the last to found a community which should be icy , selfish , and unfeeling . He was a working minister , and fathomed the depth and yielded to the full ...
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... passed on to higher expe- riences . The doctrine of entire sanctification was then preached , perhaps more faithfully than now , by our min- istry . He received this great truth , and resolutely sought to attain its experimental ...
... passed on to higher expe- riences . The doctrine of entire sanctification was then preached , perhaps more faithfully than now , by our min- istry . He received this great truth , and resolutely sought to attain its experimental ...
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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,