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... lived , from my earliest recollection , within a few miles of the Tennessee River . South of this river , within the bounds of the state of Tennessee , was the Indian territory . It was a lovely and inviting country , but the Indians ...
... lived , from my earliest recollection , within a few miles of the Tennessee River . South of this river , within the bounds of the state of Tennessee , was the Indian territory . It was a lovely and inviting country , but the Indians ...
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... , now of Springfield , Illinois , assured me , that in the part of Kentucky where his people then lived , " it was believed that , at the commencement of the year 1800 , at least one half of the 32 THE WESTERN SKETCH - BOOK .
... , now of Springfield , Illinois , assured me , that in the part of Kentucky where his people then lived , " it was believed that , at the commencement of the year 1800 , at least one half of the 32 THE WESTERN SKETCH - BOOK .
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... lived and labored in the ministry until 1830 , on the ground where this work had prevailed with power and great glory . The meridian splendor of this revival was from the year 1800 to 1805 , though it continued , in many places , for ...
... lived and labored in the ministry until 1830 , on the ground where this work had prevailed with power and great glory . The meridian splendor of this revival was from the year 1800 to 1805 , though it continued , in many places , for ...
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... lived and labored , had any one charged them with " lack of judgment , " " want of discretion , " or asserted that their views of the revival were not entitled to high respect . Gideon Blackburn was in the prime of life during this ...
... lived and labored , had any one charged them with " lack of judgment , " " want of discretion , " or asserted that their views of the revival were not entitled to high respect . Gideon Blackburn was in the prime of life during this ...
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... lived " without God and without hope in the world . " In that wonderful visitation of divine mercy , these six brothers and their wives , these two sisters and their husbands , were all made the happy subjects of renewing grace . O , I ...
... lived " without God and without hope in the world . " In that wonderful visitation of divine mercy , these six brothers and their wives , these two sisters and their husbands , were all made the happy subjects of renewing grace . O , I ...
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Page 344 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say : — " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths :" for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 121 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 258 - No man hath seen God at any time ; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Page 226 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 248 - And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Page 289 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 71 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Page 164 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 270 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Page 170 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.