Brown's Abridged Journal: Containing a Brief Account of the Life, Trials and Travels of Geo. S. Brown, Six Years a Missionary in Liberia, West Africa ...Prescott & Wilson, 1849 - 392 pages |
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... told them how I felt . Ah ! said they , you have been among those devilish Methodist , and they have been telling you about hell - fire and damnation , but there is no such thing or place . But , said I , I read it in the Bible , and ...
... told them how I felt . Ah ! said they , you have been among those devilish Methodist , and they have been telling you about hell - fire and damnation , but there is no such thing or place . But , said I , I read it in the Bible , and ...
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... told the Lord ( whom I thought heard me ) that if he would forgive my sins , I would spend the rest of my life in warning sinners to repent of their sins , and serve Him . I returned home , but soon found I had lost all appetite for ...
... told the Lord ( whom I thought heard me ) that if he would forgive my sins , I would spend the rest of my life in warning sinners to repent of their sins , and serve Him . I returned home , but soon found I had lost all appetite for ...
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... told me , on the brink of hell , be true , then God may have mercy after all . Then , in a moment , some- thing came sensibly and powerfully into my mind , as it were , whispering in my ears , persuading me , and entreating me by all ...
... told me , on the brink of hell , be true , then God may have mercy after all . Then , in a moment , some- thing came sensibly and powerfully into my mind , as it were , whispering in my ears , persuading me , and entreating me by all ...
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... told him I should not come up unless he showed himself , or told me from whence he was . I told him his voice did not sound like the voice of the Devil with whom I was acquainted . And , said I , if you are from heaven , you do not want ...
... told him I should not come up unless he showed himself , or told me from whence he was . I told him his voice did not sound like the voice of the Devil with whom I was acquainted . And , said I , if you are from heaven , you do not want ...
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... told you . But as soon as I opened my eyes I found myself amidst the most glorious scenery that ever heaven afforded . 1 The deck was about one mile long , and half a mile wide . The floor was polished gold , and slippery as ice . The ...
... told you . But as soon as I opened my eyes I found myself amidst the most glorious scenery that ever heaven afforded . 1 The deck was about one mile long , and half a mile wide . The floor was polished gold , and slippery as ice . The ...
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Page 296 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Page 263 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Page 263 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee : be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Page 151 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth : he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Page 187 - Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning...
Page 285 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 263 - I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Page 286 - For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Page 282 - I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Page 259 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow Thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my All shalt be. Perish, every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition ! God, and heaven, are still my own.