The Clergy of America: Anecdotes Illustrative of the Character of Ministers of Religion in the United StatesJ.B. Lippincott, 1849 - 480 Seiten |
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... soul . He soon resolved to devote himself to the work of the gospel ministry ; completed his academical education , and studied theology , while he went on with his school ; and was , in due time , licensed and ordained by the ...
... soul . He soon resolved to devote himself to the work of the gospel ministry ; completed his academical education , and studied theology , while he went on with his school ; and was , in due time , licensed and ordained by the ...
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... soul in prayer to God . The first words which caught his ear were , " Merciful God , turn my poor massa's heart : make him merciful , that he may ob- tain mercy ; make him good , that he may inherit the kingdom of heaven . " He heard no ...
... soul in prayer to God . The first words which caught his ear were , " Merciful God , turn my poor massa's heart : make him merciful , that he may ob- tain mercy ; make him good , that he may inherit the kingdom of heaven . " He heard no ...
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... soul . I know not what I want ; I am entirely in the dark . What must I scek ? where must I go ? Such was the first de- claration of one who , for some days , had been awakened under the preaching and reading of the truth . A sermon ...
... soul . I know not what I want ; I am entirely in the dark . What must I scek ? where must I go ? Such was the first de- claration of one who , for some days , had been awakened under the preaching and reading of the truth . A sermon ...
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... soul ? " The youth returned home , and endeavoured to shake off the impression fastened on him by the problem proposed to him , but in vain . In the giddy round of pleasure , in his business , and in his studies , that question still ...
... soul ? " The youth returned home , and endeavoured to shake off the impression fastened on him by the problem proposed to him , but in vain . In the giddy round of pleasure , in his business , and in his studies , that question still ...
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... soul shuddered . I felt that I was forsaken of God , but it did not move me . I had no love to God , no repentance for sin , nor wish to forsake it . I felt no- thing but the sullen gloom of despair - I knew I was in the hands of a ...
... soul shuddered . I felt that I was forsaken of God , but it did not move me . I had no love to God , no repentance for sin , nor wish to forsake it . I felt no- thing but the sullen gloom of despair - I knew I was in the hands of a ...
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Seite 108 - ... to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the...
Seite 99 - 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...
Seite 205 - Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ; for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Seite 205 - But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned : in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Seite 77 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God...
Seite 161 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire...
Seite 161 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Seite 122 - The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Rousseau: ' Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! ' I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery.
Seite 223 - He is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him.
Seite 163 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.