Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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Page 55
... affectionate , and filial , but firm ; so notoriously so , that his elder brother Samuel , writing to him on the sub- ject in December , 1734 , says : " Yesterday I received a letter from my father , wherein he tells me you are unalter ...
... affectionate , and filial , but firm ; so notoriously so , that his elder brother Samuel , writing to him on the sub- ject in December , 1734 , says : " Yesterday I received a letter from my father , wherein he tells me you are unalter ...
Page 72
... affections of the people , and the younger preachers in that portion of the State . The scheme , after three days spent in strong debates upon its merits , entirely failed . The failure of the project was immediately followed by the ...
... affections of the people , and the younger preachers in that portion of the State . The scheme , after three days spent in strong debates upon its merits , entirely failed . The failure of the project was immediately followed by the ...
Page 98
... affection for him . When the General Conference was about to close , he took leave of the preachers , expect- ing to ... affectionate accents , the apostolic benediction . " They all gazed upon his bowed and feeble form as he passed from ...
... affection for him . When the General Conference was about to close , he took leave of the preachers , expect- ing to ... affectionate accents , the apostolic benediction . " They all gazed upon his bowed and feeble form as he passed from ...
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... post of observation ' had oftentimes been before - for many times before this had the bishop gone home to die . His kind , affectionate , and engaging niece seemed for weeks to have risen above the want of sleep , as WILLIAM M'KENDREE .
... post of observation ' had oftentimes been before - for many times before this had the bishop gone home to die . His kind , affectionate , and engaging niece seemed for weeks to have risen above the want of sleep , as WILLIAM M'KENDREE .
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... affection that had not been weakened by severity or alienated by unkindness , for he owed every- thing to his father's love ; he had been used to look up to him for advice , and to render the ready obedience of a dutiful son ; and now ...
... affection that had not been weakened by severity or alienated by unkindness , for he owed every- thing to his father's love ; he had been used to look up to him for advice , and to render the ready obedience of a dutiful son ; and now ...
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Page 125 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 61 - 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 289 - 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 43 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling...
Page 38 - 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 46 - Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!
Page 11 - For here the patriarchal days are not A pastoral fable— pipes in the liberal air, Mix'd with the sweet bells of the sauntering herd; My soul would drink those echoes. Oh, that I were The viewless spirit of a lovely sound, A living voice, a breathing harmony, A bodiless enjoyment— born and dying With the blest tone which made me!
Page 229 - 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 37 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 277 - 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 ! cry.