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... entered upon the task , and found it to be a means of mental relief . It was impossible to trace the gradual development of such a character as that of Dr. Newton , and to describe his ( xiii ) 2 wonderful ministry , without pleasurable ...
... entered upon the task , and found it to be a means of mental relief . It was impossible to trace the gradual development of such a character as that of Dr. Newton , and to describe his ( xiii ) 2 wonderful ministry , without pleasurable ...
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... entered more fully into these views than Dr. Newton . He had in him nothing of a sectarian spirit , and much less had he any of its bitterness ; but his attachment to his own people , and to their ecclesiastical order , was conscien ...
... entered more fully into these views than Dr. Newton . He had in him nothing of a sectarian spirit , and much less had he any of its bitterness ; but his attachment to his own people , and to their ecclesiastical order , was conscien ...
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... entered upon a course of consistent and active piety , their entire spirit and demeanor proving that they had passed from death unto life , and were new creatures in Christ Jesus . Feeling every hour the mighty benefits of the change ...
... entered upon a course of consistent and active piety , their entire spirit and demeanor proving that they had passed from death unto life , and were new creatures in Christ Jesus . Feeling every hour the mighty benefits of the change ...
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... entering into the regular army . Yet the authority of his father over him was complete ; and by that authority the ... entered upon the enjoyments , the duties , and the conflicts of the Christian life . In his case , no particular ...
... entering into the regular army . Yet the authority of his father over him was complete ; and by that authority the ... entered upon the enjoyments , the duties , and the conflicts of the Christian life . In his case , no particular ...
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... entered upon this new and sacred employment , before a general impression was made upon the minds of his hearers , that he would occupy an elevated position among the ministers of Christ . In the month of February , 1798 , he was made ...
... entered upon this new and sacred employment , before a general impression was made upon the minds of his hearers , that he would occupy an elevated position among the ministers of Christ . In the month of February , 1798 , he was made ...
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Page 157 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 366 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death : One army of the living God, To his command we bow ; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 349 - Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Page i - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 200 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Page 151 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 279 - While he walks like Jack the Giantkiller in a coat of darkness, he may do much mischief with little strength. Novelty captivates the superficial and thoughtless ; vehemence delights the discontented and turbulent. He that contradicts acknowledged truth, will always have an audience ; he that vilifies established authority will always find abettors.
Page 279 - Junius is an unusual phenomenon, on which some have gazed with wonder and some with terror; but wonder and terror are transitory passions. He will soon be more closely viewed, or more attentively examined; and what folly has taken for a comet, that from its flaming hair shook pestilence and war, inquiry will find to be only a meteor formed by the vapours...
Page 289 - HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject, but the secret lets and difficulties, which in public proceedings are innumerable and inevitable, they have not ordinarily the judgment to consider.
Page 174 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.