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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... believe , tolerably well ; but was unsuccessful , having every reason to think the decision was impar- tial . Had I remained , and become a member of the University at that time , as I should have done in case of success , the ...
... believe , tolerably well ; but was unsuccessful , having every reason to think the decision was impar- tial . Had I remained , and become a member of the University at that time , as I should have done in case of success , the ...
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... nearly enough with the few notions I had received in my carly youth . I believe on the first night after , I began to pray from a precomposed form , in which I thanked . I God , in general , for having sent Christ into 20.
... nearly enough with the few notions I had received in my carly youth . I believe on the first night after , I began to pray from a precomposed form , in which I thanked . I God , in general , for having sent Christ into 20.
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... believe that it is right in principle : I desire no other portion but God : but I pass so many hours as if there were no God at all . I live far below the hope , comfort , and holiness of the Gos- pel : but be not slothful , O my soul ...
... believe that it is right in principle : I desire no other portion but God : but I pass so many hours as if there were no God at all . I live far below the hope , comfort , and holiness of the Gos- pel : but be not slothful , O my soul ...
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... believe I was so vile a wretch as I then saw myself to be . It was a most solemn discourse . " - " The less we do the more we value it : how poor and mean and pi- tiful would many even of present Christians esteem my life ! Dear Saviour ...
... believe I was so vile a wretch as I then saw myself to be . It was a most solemn discourse . " - " The less we do the more we value it : how poor and mean and pi- tiful would many even of present Christians esteem my life ! Dear Saviour ...
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... believe - despised all labours of love among the Heathen as wild and visionary ; the Lord helped him to keep his ground , and to bear his testi- mony . " With my Bible in my hand , and Christ at my right hand , " said he , " I can do ...
... believe - despised all labours of love among the Heathen as wild and visionary ; the Lord helped him to keep his ground , and to bear his testi- mony . " With my Bible in my hand , and Christ at my right hand , " said he , " I can do ...
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Popular passages
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.