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... prayer , until he blessed me with a sense of his approbation and love . I had not been engaged long in this secret devotion before I was inclined to think I should then find peace and joy through faith in the merits of Christ ; but ...
... prayer , until he blessed me with a sense of his approbation and love . I had not been engaged long in this secret devotion before I was inclined to think I should then find peace and joy through faith in the merits of Christ ; but ...
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... prayer he was remarkable . It was evidently a talent which had been much cultivated ; it was the element in which he lived . was often closeted with his God ; and seldom left his family till he had commended them unto the Lord ; so that ...
... prayer he was remarkable . It was evidently a talent which had been much cultivated ; it was the element in which he lived . was often closeted with his God ; and seldom left his family till he had commended them unto the Lord ; so that ...
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... prayer - meetings , which we are now obliged to hold every night in the week . I never saw a more remark- able work of grace . Of course the public attention is greatly arrested ; and many come to mock , " some of whom " re- main to ...
... prayer - meetings , which we are now obliged to hold every night in the week . I never saw a more remark- able work of grace . Of course the public attention is greatly arrested ; and many come to mock , " some of whom " re- main to ...
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... prayer- meeting if they would attend . They did so ; and , having been previously taught to read , he occasionally ... prayer and reading the holy Scriptures , together with our excel- lent Hymn - book and Magazines . A short time ...
... prayer- meeting if they would attend . They did so ; and , having been previously taught to read , he occasionally ... prayer and reading the holy Scriptures , together with our excel- lent Hymn - book and Magazines . A short time ...
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... prayer - meetings , and in other ways , beyond his strength . He was blessed with a sound judgment , a quick perception , and great prudence , far above his years ; and an energy of character , combined with order and punctuality , that ...
... prayer - meetings , and in other ways , beyond his strength . He was blessed with a sound judgment , a quick perception , and great prudence , far above his years ; and an energy of character , combined with order and punctuality , that ...
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Page 651 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 420 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Page 232 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Page 146 - Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith : that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 418 - For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children : That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; Who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments...
Page 513 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Page 579 - And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Page 257 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 185 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 181 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping...