Thoughts on Religious Experience: To which is Added an Appendix Containing "Letters to the Aged," &c. &c |
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... dear lamb ? Here my personal acquaintance ends . But years afterwards , upon inquiry , I found that when she grew up to womanhood , she became gay and careless , and entirely relinquished her religious profession . My Methodist ...
... dear lamb ? Here my personal acquaintance ends . But years afterwards , upon inquiry , I found that when she grew up to womanhood , she became gay and careless , and entirely relinquished her religious profession . My Methodist ...
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... dear child ; for her later history is unknown to me . She may , for aught I know , be still alive , and be now a living , consistent member of Christ's Church , and may possibly peruse these lines , though if she should she may not ...
... dear child ; for her later history is unknown to me . She may , for aught I know , be still alive , and be now a living , consistent member of Christ's Church , and may possibly peruse these lines , though if she should she may not ...
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... dear Son . I myself have been greatly helped by the prayers of others , and I heartily thank all those espe- cially , who set apart particular days to remember at a throne of grace , my distressed condition . Blessed be God that he did ...
... dear Son . I myself have been greatly helped by the prayers of others , and I heartily thank all those espe- cially , who set apart particular days to remember at a throne of grace , my distressed condition . Blessed be God that he did ...
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... Dear Sir - I will now endeavour to fulfil the promise made to you some time ago , by giving such information as is within my recollection , respect- ing the case of Mr. George Inglis . That gentleman , a native of Philadelphia , had ...
... Dear Sir - I will now endeavour to fulfil the promise made to you some time ago , by giving such information as is within my recollection , respect- ing the case of Mr. George Inglis . That gentleman , a native of Philadelphia , had ...
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... dear were my cherished hopes until they were wrested from me . I never felt a keener regret at any loss which I ever experienced . " Although I was constrained to admit , that I was not a regenerated person , I was sensible of a consid ...
... dear were my cherished hopes until they were wrested from me . I never felt a keener regret at any loss which I ever experienced . " Although I was constrained to admit , that I was not a regenerated person , I was sensible of a consid ...
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Page 299 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 316 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 283 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 316 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 355 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 109 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 299 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Page 357 - Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 293 - Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death ; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well.
Page 330 - ... the earth shall be full of the knowledge of God, as the waters cover the sea.