The Independent magazine (ed. by J. Fletcher)., Volume 2J. Fletcher 1843 |
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... interest to the leading and popular journalists of the age . The mightily augmented power wielded by the friends of con- gregationalism affords matter for grateful reflection . Amidst all our defects , our internal divisions , our just ...
... interest to the leading and popular journalists of the age . The mightily augmented power wielded by the friends of con- gregationalism affords matter for grateful reflection . Amidst all our defects , our internal divisions , our just ...
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... interests of religion , appears to be both a duty and a privilege . It stands upon just foundations as a duty , and as a privilege it is attended with excellent advantages . We propose now to show some of the advantages of such an ...
... interests of religion , appears to be both a duty and a privilege . It stands upon just foundations as a duty , and as a privilege it is attended with excellent advantages . We propose now to show some of the advantages of such an ...
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... interests of the christian religion , the public honour of Christ and his gospel , or the edifi- cation and comfort of their own souls , who neglect this holy communion ! There are twenty little excuses that some persons CHRISTIAN ...
... interests of the christian religion , the public honour of Christ and his gospel , or the edifi- cation and comfort of their own souls , who neglect this holy communion ! There are twenty little excuses that some persons CHRISTIAN ...
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... interests . These persons generally meet once a week for conference and prayer , when reports are given in , respecting their various charges , and means adopted for carrying out their plans . All this must be supposed to be in ...
... interests . These persons generally meet once a week for conference and prayer , when reports are given in , respecting their various charges , and means adopted for carrying out their plans . All this must be supposed to be in ...
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... interest in you as one of its most active and successful labourers . But we feel that we have an additional and a special claim upon you , from your former connection with Manchester , where , when but a stripling , you enjoyed the ...
... interest in you as one of its most active and successful labourers . But we feel that we have an additional and a special claim upon you , from your former connection with Manchester , where , when but a stripling , you enjoyed the ...
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Page 186 - For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 133 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 240 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 361 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 346 - ... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 182 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 181 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 260 - Punctuality gives weight to character. " Such a man has made an appointment ; then I know he will keep it.
Page 333 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 306 - But forasmuch as the passage was wonderful narrow, even so narrow that I could not, but with great difficulty, enter in thereat, it showed me that none could enter into life but those that were in downright earnest, and unless also they left this wicked world behind them; for here was only room for body and soul, but not for body and soul and sin.