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Pagina vi
... truth is the earnest and pre- cursor of her revival . But these thoughts , full of interest , of which the following narratives present some illustrations , I leave to the judgment of my Reader , satisfied if I can sug- gest any topic ...
... truth is the earnest and pre- cursor of her revival . But these thoughts , full of interest , of which the following narratives present some illustrations , I leave to the judgment of my Reader , satisfied if I can sug- gest any topic ...
Pagina ix
... TRUTH IV . THE DARKNESS OF ENGLAND AND THE LIGHT PAGE · 191 194 - 202 208 II . GEORGE WHITEFIELD . CHAP . I. HIS WORK II . THE SOURCES OF HIS INFLUENCE - · 219 231 III . HIS ORATORY 238 IV . THE PREACHER AND HIS POWER - 248 III . JOHN ...
... TRUTH IV . THE DARKNESS OF ENGLAND AND THE LIGHT PAGE · 191 194 - 202 208 II . GEORGE WHITEFIELD . CHAP . I. HIS WORK II . THE SOURCES OF HIS INFLUENCE - · 219 231 III . HIS ORATORY 238 IV . THE PREACHER AND HIS POWER - 248 III . JOHN ...
Pagina 2
... truth , we owe to their union many of the most precious of our rights , which , it may confidently be said , would never have been won , had not the political energy received force , consistency , and perseverance from the religious ...
... truth , we owe to their union many of the most precious of our rights , which , it may confidently be said , would never have been won , had not the political energy received force , consistency , and perseverance from the religious ...
Pagina 27
... truth , by any king or em- peror in the world ? I repeat what I have asserted , and I will maintain its veracity . " In a subsequent visit of his , the Emperor besought an interview . His wily minister , Prince Kaunitz , found out ...
... truth , by any king or em- peror in the world ? I repeat what I have asserted , and I will maintain its veracity . " In a subsequent visit of his , the Emperor besought an interview . His wily minister , Prince Kaunitz , found out ...
Pagina 42
... truth it was not the age which he had reached , now sixty - three , but the shocks and toils and sorrows of an arduous life , and last of all the wearing anguish of every - day suffering for his son , which had sapped the strength of a ...
... truth it was not the age which he had reached , now sixty - three , but the shocks and toils and sorrows of an arduous life , and last of all the wearing anguish of every - day suffering for his son , which had sapped the strength of a ...
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Short Sketches of Some Notable Lives (Classic Reprint) John Campbell Colquhoun Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
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Admiral affection Algernon Sydney America appeared arrested audience began Bishop Bishop Gibson Bristol CHAPTER character Charles Wesley Christ Church of England clergy colony comfort court crowds death disputes Dissenters doctrine drew Duke of York duty earnest eloquence faith father feelings fell friends gaol gave GEORGE WHITEFIELD governor hand heard heart Howard Ibid influence interest Ireland John Wesley Journal labours Lazaretto letters live London Lord magistrates Mary Dyer meeting Metho Methodism Methodists mind ministers mission never opinions ordinances Oxford Parliament passed peace Penn Penn's persecution piety plague of London prayer preachers preaching prison pulpit Puritans Quaker received refused reign religion religious says Scripture sect sermons shewed society Socinian sorrow soul Southey spirit strong suffering taste thee Thomas Ellwood thou thought tion toleration took truth Wesley's Whitefield William Penn words youth
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Pagina 341 - In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold; Art thou the Man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold: Wrestling, I will not let thee go Till I thy name, thy nature know.
Pagina 367 - Here then I am, far from the busy ways of men. I sit down alone : only God is here. In His presence I open, I read His book; for this end, to find the way to heaven.
Pagina 374 - I firmly believe I am a scriptural ETTICTXOTCO? as much as any man in England or in Europe; for the uninterrupted succession I know to be a fable, which no man ever did or can prove.
Pagina 91 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed ; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Pagina 341 - What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long ? I rise superior to my pain : When I am weak, then I am strong ! And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-Man prevail...
Pagina 406 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Pagina 110 - Him; therefore your letter and your friends visit have been both very welcome to me. I shall follow their and your counsel as far as God will afford me light and unction; remaining still your loving friend, ELIZABETH.
Pagina 46 - Priestman, you style this a dull conversation, and endeavour to divert my mind from dwelling upon death, but I entertain very different sentiments. Death has no terrors for me : it is an event I always look to with cheerfulness, if not with pleasure ; and be assured, the subject is more grateful to me than any other.
Pagina 204 - doing so much, and living so good a life," I doubted not but I was a good Christian.
Pagina 162 - My love and my life is to you, and with you, and no water can quench it, nor distance wear it out, or bring it to an end. I have been with you, cared over you, and served you with unfeigned love ; and you are beloved of me, and near to me beyond utterance. I bless you in the name and power of the Lord, and may God bless you with his righteousness, peace, and plenty, all the land over...