The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 31G. Lane and P.P. Sanford, 1849 |
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... reason for this opinion , was a fear that the reverend gentleman could not readily adapt himself to American habits ... reasons , it seems " meet and right " that a bio- graphical sketch of Dr. Dixon should accompany the fine portrait ...
... reason for this opinion , was a fear that the reverend gentleman could not readily adapt himself to American habits ... reasons , it seems " meet and right " that a bio- graphical sketch of Dr. Dixon should accompany the fine portrait ...
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... reason to know that Dr. Dixon was much gratified and delighted by his visit ; that the country excited his admiration and wonder ; and that the kindness everywhere shown him by the American people generally , and especially by his ...
... reason to know that Dr. Dixon was much gratified and delighted by his visit ; that the country excited his admiration and wonder ; and that the kindness everywhere shown him by the American people generally , and especially by his ...
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... reason for their practice in this case , that they can in others . We propose , therefore , to present some of the grounds on which we base the right and duty of observing the first day of the week , or the Lord's day , as the Christian ...
... reason for their practice in this case , that they can in others . We propose , therefore , to present some of the grounds on which we base the right and duty of observing the first day of the week , or the Lord's day , as the Christian ...
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... reasons urged for its reverent observance , in the garland of song wreathed around it in the Psalms , and in the girdling wall of menace and warning , promise and blessing , with which it is fenced in the prophecies ; if when Christ ...
... reasons urged for its reverent observance , in the garland of song wreathed around it in the Psalms , and in the girdling wall of menace and warning , promise and blessing , with which it is fenced in the prophecies ; if when Christ ...
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... reasons for such a change of the day , leading us to expect that it would be made . The first reason is drawn from the nature of the Sabbath . The grand object of the Sabbatic institution is to afford a season of holy rest . In order ...
... reasons for such a change of the day , leading us to expect that it would be made . The first reason is drawn from the nature of the Sabbath . The grand object of the Sabbatic institution is to afford a season of holy rest . In order ...
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Page 211 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 176 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 215 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them ; and he did it not.
Page 181 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 216 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 29 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm ; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 183 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 178 - For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever ; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man ? as the fool.
Page 308 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 177 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...