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... course of prepa- ration for the ministry , when Providence seemed to interpose an insurmountable obstacle . The property left to him by his parents was utterly lost by the failure of an unfaithful guardian , so that he found himself ...
... course of prepa- ration for the ministry , when Providence seemed to interpose an insurmountable obstacle . The property left to him by his parents was utterly lost by the failure of an unfaithful guardian , so that he found himself ...
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... course ; and the story of Doddridge should be regarded as a caution to the masters of our Israel , not hastily to repress , in the bosom of a gifted and ingenuous young man , aspira- tions after the holiest of all employments . What a ...
... course ; and the story of Doddridge should be regarded as a caution to the masters of our Israel , not hastily to repress , in the bosom of a gifted and ingenuous young man , aspira- tions after the holiest of all employments . What a ...
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... course of study at Kibworth in Leicestershire , at the academy of the celebrated Rev. John Jennings , author of the learned work on " The Antiquities of the Jews , " highly esteemed by the ministers of that period . Of that excellent ...
... course of study at Kibworth in Leicestershire , at the academy of the celebrated Rev. John Jennings , author of the learned work on " The Antiquities of the Jews , " highly esteemed by the ministers of that period . Of that excellent ...
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... course of Greek studies , not only reading the Greek authors , but writing his own observations upon them , either for the illustration of the authors themselves or of the Scriptures , and selecting passages which might with advantage ...
... course of Greek studies , not only reading the Greek authors , but writing his own observations upon them , either for the illustration of the authors themselves or of the Scriptures , and selecting passages which might with advantage ...
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... course of our public studies for this last half year , and you will perceive that they are of such a nature as to require a considerable exercise of thought , and that the references are generally long , and conse- quently that we have ...
... course of our public studies for this last half year , and you will perceive that they are of such a nature as to require a considerable exercise of thought , and that the references are generally long , and conse- quently that we have ...
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Page 385 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 140 - Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears.
Page 392 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Page 200 - No rude alarms of raging foes ; No cares to break the long repose ; No midnight shade...
Page 122 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 465 - Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak.
Page 441 - For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself : for whether we live, we live unto the Lord, or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether we live therefore or die we are the Lord's.
Page 129 - This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach...
Page 438 - Come, ye angelic envoys, come, And lead the willing pilgrim home; Ye know the way to Jesus' throne, Source of my joys and of your own.
Page 343 - twould ne'er be night; Fondly I said within my heart, " Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart." 2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long : Soon as thy face began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died.