George Whitefield: a Biography: With Special Reference to His Labors in AmericaAmerican Tract Society, 1857 - 514 pagina's |
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Pagina 87
... March , 1741 , that Whitefield ventured to preach in Moor- fields on a week - day ; the day selected for this bold action being Good - Friday . His chief , if not his only friends on this occasion , he tells us , were a few " orthodox ...
... March , 1741 , that Whitefield ventured to preach in Moor- fields on a week - day ; the day selected for this bold action being Good - Friday . His chief , if not his only friends on this occasion , he tells us , were a few " orthodox ...
Pagina 89
... March , 1753 , he wrote to Mr. Charles Wesley , " On Tuesday morning the first brick of our new Tabernacle was laid with awful solemnity . I preached from Exodus 20:24 , ' In all places where I record my name , I will come unto thee ...
... March , 1753 , he wrote to Mr. Charles Wesley , " On Tuesday morning the first brick of our new Tabernacle was laid with awful solemnity . I preached from Exodus 20:24 , ' In all places where I record my name , I will come unto thee ...
Pagina 124
... March following , Whitefield was again at Charleston , where he went to meet his brother , the captain of a ship , from England . Here he was re- quested by many of the inhabitants to give some account of his poor orphans , which he did ...
... March following , Whitefield was again at Charleston , where he went to meet his brother , the captain of a ship , from England . Here he was re- quested by many of the inhabitants to give some account of his poor orphans , which he did ...
Pagina 125
... March 25 , he laid the first brick of the main building of the orphan - house , which he called Bethesda , that is , a house of mercy . It was built of wood , and measured seventy feet by forty . By this time nearly forty children had ...
... March 25 , he laid the first brick of the main building of the orphan - house , which he called Bethesda , that is , a house of mercy . It was built of wood , and measured seventy feet by forty . By this time nearly forty children had ...
Pagina 203
... March last . May the Lord heal , and bring good out of the divisions which at present seem to be among the brethren there . God giving me freedom , and many friends being in the room , I kneeled down and prayed with and exhorted them ...
... March last . May the Lord heal , and bring good out of the divisions which at present seem to be among the brethren there . God giving me freedom , and many friends being in the room , I kneeled down and prayed with and exhorted them ...
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Pagina 135 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Pagina 483 - There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Pagina 135 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish — gold and all.
Pagina 270 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Pagina 290 - God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power.
Pagina 134 - I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street towards the river; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front-street, when some noise in that street obscured it.
Pagina 90 - But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Pagina 11 - During the latter part of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries...
Pagina 435 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Pagina 136 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company, who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, " At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now ; for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.