Memoirs of David Brainerd : Prepared for the American Sunday School Union by a Sunday School Teacher ; Revised by the Committee of Publications |
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... comforts of life were not to be had ; have been frequently lost in the woods , obliged to ride much in the dark , and once lay out in the woods all night . " Mr. Brainerd continued at Kaunaumeek about a year ; but as the Indians there ...
... comforts of life were not to be had ; have been frequently lost in the woods , obliged to ride much in the dark , and once lay out in the woods all night . " Mr. Brainerd continued at Kaunaumeek about a year ; but as the Indians there ...
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... comforts of civilized life , he had lived and laboured amid the ignorance and depravity of barbarians . Yet he was still willing to encounter the same and still greater trials . With all the difficulties of his work in full view , his ...
... comforts of civilized life , he had lived and laboured amid the ignorance and depravity of barbarians . Yet he was still willing to encounter the same and still greater trials . With all the difficulties of his work in full view , his ...
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... comfort , his health , and his life , to save the souls of these savages ; his little property was also devoted to the service of the Lord . We have before mentioned his giving an education to a young man of piety destined to be a ...
... comfort , his health , and his life , to save the souls of these savages ; his little property was also devoted to the service of the Lord . We have before mentioned his giving an education to a young man of piety destined to be a ...
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... the wilderness he knew not where ; but still found comfort in thinking that others of God's children had " wander- ed about in caves and dens of the earth ; " and that Abraham , " when he was called to 34 MEMOIRS OF THE.
... the wilderness he knew not where ; but still found comfort in thinking that others of God's children had " wander- ed about in caves and dens of the earth ; " and that Abraham , " when he was called to 34 MEMOIRS OF THE.
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... comfort under my sharpest trials . " The next day he reached home , and writes thus : - : - " I visited a sick man , discoursed and prayed with him , then visited another house . where one was dead ; I looked on the corpse , and longed ...
... comfort under my sharpest trials . " The next day he reached home , and writes thus : - : - " I visited a sick man , discoursed and prayed with him , then visited another house . where one was dead ; I looked on the corpse , and longed ...
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Page 128 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 96 - There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, " Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God : for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Page 128 - Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Page 39 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 128 - Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick ; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Page 59 - The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ?
Page 64 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Page 68 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn, for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Page 58 - He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Page 58 - So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.