Autobiography of Peter CartwrightSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1858 - 509 Seiten |
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Seite 255 - urge them to seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near. I blame no man for believing that slavery is wrong and a great evil, and every reasonable man
Seite 55 - of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America, under the protection of Almighty God, and with a single eye to His glory, by the imposition of my hands and prayer, have this day set apart Peter Cartwright for the office of a DEACON in the said Methodist Episcopal
Seite 218 - the buying and selling of men, women, or children, with an intention to enslave them." * This rule the advocates of slavery at the South have always interpreted to apply to the slave-trade, and that trade alone. Taking them to be sincere in this interpretation of
Seite 142 - flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to every nation, kindred, and tongue ! Say, 0 say! when shall we see this happy day ? May the Lord hasten it in His time, and we be coworkers together with Him ! Will the Christian world say, "Amen?
Seite 19 - us, called the jerks, which was overwhelming in its effects upon the bodies and minds of the people. No matter whether they were saints or sinners, they would be taken under a warm song or sermon, and seized with a convulsive jerking all over, which they could not by any possibility avoid, and the more they resisted the
Seite 16 - on in a most solemn and impressive strain. His subject was the words of our Lord: " Except a man deny himself, and take up his cross, he cannot be My disciple." He urged on his congregation, with melting voice and tearful eyes, to take up the
Seite 115 - The preacher's conduct toward me was spread abroad, and excited considerable curiosity. Monday evening came ; the church was filled to overflowing; every seat was crowded, and many had to stand. After singing and prayer, Brother Mac took his seat in the pulpit. I then read my text: " What shall it profit a man if
Seite 183 - discharged the duties of a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church for twelve years. One has said of him, "Bishop George was a man of deep piety, of great simplicity of manners, a very pathetic, powerful, and successful preacher; greatly beloved in life, and very extensively lamented in death." The Illinois Conference met this fall (September 18th,
Seite 124 - right hand, while she leaned her left arm on mine. In this position we walked on the floor. The whole company seemed pleased at this act of politeness in the young lady, shown to a stranger. The coloured man, who was the fiddler, began to put his fiddle in the best order.