Life and Words: Discourses on Religious Subjects, and a Brief BiographyD. H. Carroll, 1887 - 392 pages |
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... HOUR OF THE REDEEMER .. 205 VI . ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARRISON . 219 VII . THE FAITHFUL SAYING . 235 VIII . ON PRAYER .. 249 IX . THE FAITHFUL SERVANT AND HIS REWARD . 265 X. ON CONSTANCY . XI . PRACTICAL PIETY ... XII . ON THE ...
... HOUR OF THE REDEEMER .. 205 VI . ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARRISON . 219 VII . THE FAITHFUL SAYING . 235 VIII . ON PRAYER .. 249 IX . THE FAITHFUL SERVANT AND HIS REWARD . 265 X. ON CONSTANCY . XI . PRACTICAL PIETY ... XII . ON THE ...
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... hour ; so invaluable is time and so trivial is earth , when eternity ap- pears in view to an unprepared soul . ” But his devoted mother could not give him up . ( A ) " She took herself to prayer , and , feeling there was no aid to be ...
... hour ; so invaluable is time and so trivial is earth , when eternity ap- pears in view to an unprepared soul . ” But his devoted mother could not give him up . ( A ) " She took herself to prayer , and , feeling there was no aid to be ...
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... hours which he could reserve from his duties , in systematic study , of the Bible , and of such religious books as were accessible to him . He also exercised his powers in writing on the themes which then , and thereafter always through ...
... hours which he could reserve from his duties , in systematic study , of the Bible , and of such religious books as were accessible to him . He also exercised his powers in writing on the themes which then , and thereafter always through ...
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... hour to see a neighbor , of whose conver- sion we had entertained but little hope . I found his wife upon her knees by the fire , absorbed in prayer , while her husband , a powerful , athletic man , lay on the floor , groaning in an ...
... hour to see a neighbor , of whose conver- sion we had entertained but little hope . I found his wife upon her knees by the fire , absorbed in prayer , while her husband , a powerful , athletic man , lay on the floor , groaning in an ...
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... at four in the morning , and dedicating the first hours of each day to devotion and study . He obeyed the rule of the Methodist Discipline- " Never Never be triflingly be unemployed . Never be 3 THE ANNALS OF A USEFUL LIFE . 37.
... at four in the morning , and dedicating the first hours of each day to devotion and study . He obeyed the rule of the Methodist Discipline- " Never Never be triflingly be unemployed . Never be 3 THE ANNALS OF A USEFUL LIFE . 37.
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Page 353 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Page 302 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 129 - 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 330 - ... forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 356 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 85 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
Page 240 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 299 - For all things are yours ; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours ; and ye are Christ's ; and Christ is God's.
Page 206 - Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Page 317 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.