Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal, Volume 1 |
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... desire for going abroad gradually abated , and I began to think that I " should make the law my profession for life . " But during a great part of this time I corre- sponded with my friends in Scotland , as from abroad , writing very ...
... desire for going abroad gradually abated , and I began to think that I " should make the law my profession for life . " But during a great part of this time I corre- sponded with my friends in Scotland , as from abroad , writing very ...
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... desire , that I recollect , of being benefited by “ this conversation ; but while he spoke , I listened " to him with earnestness ; and before I was aware , " a most powerful impression was made upon my " mind , and I conceived the ...
... desire , that I recollect , of being benefited by “ this conversation ; but while he spoke , I listened " to him with earnestness ; and before I was aware , " a most powerful impression was made upon my " mind , and I conceived the ...
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... desire to be " converted to my God . O sir , what shall I do to " inherit eternal life ? I see clearly that I cannot " be happy in any degree , even in this life , until I " make my peace with God : but how shall 24 MEMOIRS OF.
... desire to be " converted to my God . O sir , what shall I do to " inherit eternal life ? I see clearly that I cannot " be happy in any degree , even in this life , until I " make my peace with God : but how shall 24 MEMOIRS OF.
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... desire of pleasing him , or of living to his glory ! It is , however , from considerations and compa- risons such as these , that the nature and importance of the change which took place at this period in the character of Mr. Buchanan ...
... desire of pleasing him , or of living to his glory ! It is , however , from considerations and compa- risons such as these , that the nature and importance of the change which took place at this period in the character of Mr. Buchanan ...
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... desire , I must return to the studies of four- " teen . " At the close of this letter , Mr. Buchanan ex- presses the lively interest with which he had read Mr. Newton's Narrative of his own life . " I am the person , " he says , " out ...
... desire , I must return to the studies of four- " teen . " At the close of this letter , Mr. Buchanan ex- presses the lively interest with which he had read Mr. Newton's Narrative of his own life . " I am the person , " he says , " out ...
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Page 336 - ... if any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.
Page 362 - this early period be advanced to see what « eye hath not " seen, nor ear heard, nor hath entered into the heart of
Page 173 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 281 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 355 - God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they, through grace, obey the calling : they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only begotten Son Jesus Christ : they walk religiously in good works : and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 154 - He has fought a good fight ; he has finished his course ; he has kept the faith...
Page 291 - Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 240 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 355 - Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season: they through grace obey the calling...
Page 349 - After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives.