The Life and Labors of the Late Rev. William Stevens Balch: With an Outline of His Writings and Discourses and Biographical Sketches and Recollections of Incidents, Travels and Correspondence, During a History of More Than Sixty YearsPrinted and bound by Donohue & Henneberry, 1888 - 326 pages |
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... believe that this man , so richly endowed with native and acquired gifts , so faithful in his friendship , so illustrious in citizenship , so true and sincere in religion , and eminent in the Christian virtues , is not dead , and that ...
... believe that this man , so richly endowed with native and acquired gifts , so faithful in his friendship , so illustrious in citizenship , so true and sincere in religion , and eminent in the Christian virtues , is not dead , and that ...
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... believe in God in the Bible or religion , and yet pray as devoutly as Elder Manning or anybody else . There was always one sen- tence in Elder Manning's prayers that was forever troubling me , for it seemed to accuse the Almighty of ...
... believe in God in the Bible or religion , and yet pray as devoutly as Elder Manning or anybody else . There was always one sen- tence in Elder Manning's prayers that was forever troubling me , for it seemed to accuse the Almighty of ...
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... believe , and yet must accept , or he could not be saved . He next goes to hear a Rev. Mr. Mitchell , an eloquent preacher , but with a mystical way of treat- ing his subjects which he could not understand , more especially some ideas ...
... believe , and yet must accept , or he could not be saved . He next goes to hear a Rev. Mr. Mitchell , an eloquent preacher , but with a mystical way of treat- ing his subjects which he could not understand , more especially some ideas ...
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... believe our Dominie knows more about them than Brother John does . What do you think , mister ? ' ' I have not yet studied far enough to explain them differently from what you think they say . I am not caring any great deal about ...
... believe our Dominie knows more about them than Brother John does . What do you think , mister ? ' ' I have not yet studied far enough to explain them differently from what you think they say . I am not caring any great deal about ...
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... believe in being placed in rivalry with others of his brethren to be promoted over them , to their great discomfort , and so he informed them that it would not be agreeable for him to visit them in the manner they proposed . And now ...
... believe in being placed in rivalry with others of his brethren to be promoted over them , to their great discomfort , and so he informed them that it would not be agreeable for him to visit them in the manner they proposed . And now ...
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Page 164 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 71 - Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Page 77 - Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth ; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Page 110 - I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coining, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Page 195 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 69 - But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done : and there is no respect of persons.
Page 200 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Page 192 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 39 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Page 1 - His youth was innocent ; his riper age Marked with some act of goodness every day; And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage, Faded his late declining years away. Meekly he gave his being up, and went To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent.