Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D.: Late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company ... From the Fourth London Edition |
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... Lord Chesterfield's Letters- " attributing to a want of taste for mathematics , what ought to have been ascribed to idleness , and having his mind in a roving dissatisfied , restless condition , seeking his chief plea- sure in reading ...
... Lord Chesterfield's Letters- " attributing to a want of taste for mathematics , what ought to have been ascribed to idleness , and having his mind in a roving dissatisfied , restless condition , seeking his chief plea- sure in reading ...
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... Lord who once blessed Isaac and Nathaniel in their secret devotions , and who did not withhold a blessing from his : " God was pleased to bless the solitude and retirement I enjoyed this summer , " he observes , " to my improvement ...
... Lord who once blessed Isaac and Nathaniel in their secret devotions , and who did not withhold a blessing from his : " God was pleased to bless the solitude and retirement I enjoyed this summer , " he observes , " to my improvement ...
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... Lord's work , and what little meetness I possessed for the king- dom of glory . Learn then , O my soul , to be always ready for the coming of thy Lord ; that no disquieting fear may arise to perplex thee in that awful hour . " " July 23 ...
... Lord's work , and what little meetness I possessed for the king- dom of glory . Learn then , O my soul , to be always ready for the coming of thy Lord ; that no disquieting fear may arise to perplex thee in that awful hour . " " July 23 ...
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... Lord , " Go and teach all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost " -an injunction never revoked , and commensurate with that most encouraging promise , " Lo , I am with you alway ...
... Lord , " Go and teach all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost " -an injunction never revoked , and commensurate with that most encouraging promise , " Lo , I am with you alway ...
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... Lord , and the joy of the Lord shall be my strength . May I receive from above a pure , an humble , a benevolent , a heavenly mind ! " " Rose at half past five , and walked a little before chapel in a happy frame of mind . Endeavoured ...
... Lord , and the joy of the Lord shall be my strength . May I receive from above a pure , an humble , a benevolent , a heavenly mind ! " " Rose at half past five , and walked a little before chapel in a happy frame of mind . Endeavoured ...
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Page 61 - The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Page 89 - The God of Abraham praise, At whose supreme command From earth I rise — and seek the joys At his right hand ; I all on earth forsake, Its wisdom, fame and power, And him my only portion make, My shield and tower.
Page 85 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 317 - Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men...
Page 225 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Page 56 - The words of the wise man, that " the day of death is better than the day of one's birth...
Page 93 - Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 117 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 39 - Scripture: that warrants us sufficiently — for it informs us, that it is 'God that worketh in us both to will and to do, of his good pleasure...
Page 92 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.