The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, Volume 421819 |
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... light than as ministering to the pride of the wealthy , and as tending . to perpetuate the remembrance of heathenish fables . " All that this charge merits , like many others , is a positive denial till suit * Page 142 . Page 192. - + ...
... light than as ministering to the pride of the wealthy , and as tending . to perpetuate the remembrance of heathenish fables . " All that this charge merits , like many others , is a positive denial till suit * Page 142 . Page 192. - + ...
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... light to them is what darkness is to others . The phrase occurs in the 23d Psalm , which David probably com- posed when he was persecuted by Saul , and hunted from place to place . Though he was obliged to lie concealed in caverns and ...
... light to them is what darkness is to others . The phrase occurs in the 23d Psalm , which David probably com- posed when he was persecuted by Saul , and hunted from place to place . Though he was obliged to lie concealed in caverns and ...
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... light , as to be destroyed neither by heat nor by cold ; neither to be overwhelmed by effulgence , nor to be in- volved in darkness . Our earth is encompassed with an atmos- phere so wonderfully contrived , as at once to support clouds ...
... light , as to be destroyed neither by heat nor by cold ; neither to be overwhelmed by effulgence , nor to be in- volved in darkness . Our earth is encompassed with an atmos- phere so wonderfully contrived , as at once to support clouds ...
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... light had lost sight of land . At two P. M. we reached Point Cale- mere , where the post lands from Ceylon during one of the monsoons . A nuniber of men came down and dragged our boat through a noisy da - bing surf , which is sometimes ...
... light had lost sight of land . At two P. M. we reached Point Cale- mere , where the post lands from Ceylon during one of the monsoons . A nuniber of men came down and dragged our boat through a noisy da - bing surf , which is sometimes ...
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... light . After dinner , some of our own people , who have been in this land with their cattle , came to visit us ; they shed abundance of tears during singing and prayer , and were anxious to know when we should return . 13th . Another ...
... light . After dinner , some of our own people , who have been in this land with their cattle , came to visit us ; they shed abundance of tears during singing and prayer , and were anxious to know when we should return . 13th . Another ...
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Page 19 - But this I say, brethren ; The time is short ; It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it. For the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 240 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 262 - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Page 193 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Page 724 - As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Page 176 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 517 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am holy.
Page 338 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 570 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 25 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in .me.