Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin: Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche. Compiled from Authentic Sources, Chiefly French and GermanL. Loomis, 1832 - 246 pages |
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Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche. Compiled from Authentic Sources, Chiefly French and German Sarah Atkins. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Theological Library to JOHN FREDERIC OBERLIN , his friend Rondall ! PASTOR.
Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche. Compiled from Authentic Sources, Chiefly French and German Sarah Atkins. HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Theological Library to JOHN FREDERIC OBERLIN , his friend Rondall ! PASTOR.
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... schools , reading and procuring the law of the Lord , supporting and enjoying the means of grace , and by sharing their substance to the family of Christ , growing in the senti- ments of Christian benevolence . The politician will ...
... schools , reading and procuring the law of the Lord , supporting and enjoying the means of grace , and by sharing their substance to the family of Christ , growing in the senti- ments of Christian benevolence . The politician will ...
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... schools which Oberlin began . May the blessed Lord whom we serve , make us fruitful , " always abound- ing in the work of the Lord . " This is His will , and the sincere prayer of Your brother In the Gospel and hope of Jesus , Western ...
... schools which Oberlin began . May the blessed Lord whom we serve , make us fruitful , " always abound- ing in the work of the Lord . " This is His will , and the sincere prayer of Your brother In the Gospel and hope of Jesus , Western ...
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... school - house in the Ban de la Roche - Progress of civilization - Four other school - houses erected - Introduction of infant schools , under the care of con- ductrices - Public schools - Weekly assembling of the children at Waldbach ...
... school - house in the Ban de la Roche - Progress of civilization - Four other school - houses erected - Introduction of infant schools , under the care of con- ductrices - Public schools - Weekly assembling of the children at Waldbach ...
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... school - house , he was conducted into a miser- able cottage , where a number of children were crowded together without any occupation , and in so wild and noisy a state that it was with some difficulty he could gain any reply to his ...
... school - house , he was conducted into a miser- able cottage , where a number of children were crowded together without any occupation , and in so wild and noisy a state that it was with some difficulty he could gain any reply to his ...
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Page 122 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 123 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Page 228 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the -waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 181 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 89 - Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Page 187 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage ; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage, neither can they die any more ; for they are equal to the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 40 - This day do I, with the utmost solemnity, surrender myself to thee. I renounce all former lords that have had dominion over me ; and I consecrate to thee all that I am, and all that I have, — the faculties of my mind, the members of my body, my worldly possessions, my time, and my influence over others, to be all used entirely for thy glory, and resolutely employed in obedience to thy commands, as long as thou...
Page 240 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 193 - Renouncing every worldly thing, Safe 'neath the covert of Thy wing, My sweetest thought henceforth shall be, That all I want I find in Thee, In Thee, my God, in Thee ! LYRA GERMANICA (translated by Miss C.
Page 123 - And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household...