Sketches of Eminent Methodist MinistersJohn McClintock Carlton & Phillips, 1854 - 370 pages |
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Page 55
... strength - all put before him in a strain of uncommon force and pathos by his father in his final appeal . He was But none of these things moved our hero . devout , affectionate , and filial , but firm ; so notoriously so , that his ...
... strength - all put before him in a strain of uncommon force and pathos by his father in his final appeal . He was But none of these things moved our hero . devout , affectionate , and filial , but firm ; so notoriously so , that his ...
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... strength , of good or superior preaching talents , and a comprehensive mind , so that all the interests of his district would be cared for according to their relative importance . Such a man was Mr. M'Kendree - fully competent for its ...
... strength , of good or superior preaching talents , and a comprehensive mind , so that all the interests of his district would be cared for according to their relative importance . Such a man was Mr. M'Kendree - fully competent for its ...
Page 88
... strength would allow , giving by his presence a new impetus to the work in every direc- tion . His colleagues were both active and zealous , and the government of the Church was administered with fidelity . The Conferences were attended ...
... strength would allow , giving by his presence a new impetus to the work in every direc- tion . His colleagues were both active and zealous , and the government of the Church was administered with fidelity . The Conferences were attended ...
Page 89
... strength considerably . It is the opinion of my physician that I should go to the North for the estab- lishment of my health ; and having a favourable oppor- tunity , I set out in a little wagon , from brother Gibson's last Monday , in ...
... strength considerably . It is the opinion of my physician that I should go to the North for the estab- lishment of my health ; and having a favourable oppor- tunity , I set out in a little wagon , from brother Gibson's last Monday , in ...
Page 90
... strength would permit . We have lain in the woods every night , except one rainy night we were taken into the cabin of a slave belonging to an Indian , and were comforted . It has been a journey of difficulties ; but no serious ...
... strength would permit . We have lain in the woods every night , except one rainy night we were taken into the cabin of a slave belonging to an Indian , and were comforted . It has been a journey of difficulties ; but no serious ...
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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.