Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 3; Volume 14J. Soule and T. Mason., 1832 - Methodist Church |
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... observed by Mr. Wesley , that he desired not to go before , but to follow , the leadings of the Divine guidance . In the printed Rules of the Society , " the definition of the term class meeting may be found . It is a company of persons ...
... observed by Mr. Wesley , that he desired not to go before , but to follow , the leadings of the Divine guidance . In the printed Rules of the Society , " the definition of the term class meeting may be found . It is a company of persons ...
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... observation is trite , that facts are stubborn things ; and apart from mere assertion or averment , the present pacific and united condition of the Wesleyan body is a fact , palpable as the risen sun ; and encouraging as clear.- -As to ...
... observation is trite , that facts are stubborn things ; and apart from mere assertion or averment , the present pacific and united condition of the Wesleyan body is a fact , palpable as the risen sun ; and encouraging as clear.- -As to ...
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... observations , made upon those habits , without the aid of the profounder sciences . We may remember the curve line which mathematicians call a cycloid . It is the path which any point of a circle , moving along a plane , and round its ...
... observations , made upon those habits , without the aid of the profounder sciences . We may remember the curve line which mathematicians call a cycloid . It is the path which any point of a circle , moving along a plane , and round its ...
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... observations of their flight and path ; but there is a general resemblance between the course they take and the cycloid , which has led ingenious men to adopt this opinion . If we have a certain quantity of any substance , a pound of ...
... observations of their flight and path ; but there is a general resemblance between the course they take and the cycloid , which has led ingenious men to adopt this opinion . If we have a certain quantity of any substance , a pound of ...
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... observed to affect their reflection . But another discovery was , about fifty years afterward , made by Mr. Dollond , that by combining different kinds of glass in a compound magnifier , the difference may be greatly corrected ; and on ...
... observed to affect their reflection . But another discovery was , about fifty years afterward , made by Mr. Dollond , that by combining different kinds of glass in a compound magnifier , the difference may be greatly corrected ; and on ...
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Page 62 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace...
Page 62 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 62 - If we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin; but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 415 - This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not : but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
Page 86 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 13 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 475 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 59 - And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Page 415 - And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Page 89 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.