Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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... stillness of the early dawn . The level and the quiet of all around convey the most vivid and instantaneous impressions to the watcher's eye and ear ; and " There is that leviathan ! " ( Psa . civ , 26 , ) bursts from JOHN WESLEY.
... stillness of the early dawn . The level and the quiet of all around convey the most vivid and instantaneous impressions to the watcher's eye and ear ; and " There is that leviathan ! " ( Psa . civ , 26 , ) bursts from JOHN WESLEY.
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... impression , the more as their ear- nest strain would contrast so favourably with the epicurean insouciance , or the ... Impressions deepened upon his mind which could not fail to issue in great good to the Church of Christ , impressions ...
... impression , the more as their ear- nest strain would contrast so favourably with the epicurean insouciance , or the ... Impressions deepened upon his mind which could not fail to issue in great good to the Church of Christ , impressions ...
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... impression in favour not only of his own personal character , but also of the Church and nation which he represented , in the minds of the British Methodists . It is well known that the period from 1820 to 1828 was a time of great ...
... impression in favour not only of his own personal character , but also of the Church and nation which he represented , in the minds of the British Methodists . It is well known that the period from 1820 to 1828 was a time of great ...
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... impressions upon the subject . But he preached , nevertheless . Following the plough or feeding cattle , clearing the land or gathering in the harvest , his mind was intently occupied with subjects for the pulpit . The farm was his ...
... impressions upon the subject . But he preached , nevertheless . Following the plough or feeding cattle , clearing the land or gathering in the harvest , his mind was intently occupied with subjects for the pulpit . The farm was his ...
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... impression of duty was not to be shaken off . Mental darkness and dejection of spirits overwhelmed him . He became unfitted for business , and was signally unsuccessful in the management of his worldly affairs 144 ROBERT R. ROBERTS .
... impression of duty was not to be shaken off . Mental darkness and dejection of spirits overwhelmed him . He became unfitted for business , and was signally unsuccessful in the management of his worldly affairs 144 ROBERT R. ROBERTS .
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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.