Memoirs of William Stevens, esq. [by sir J.A. Park.]. |
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... holy orders in that church , which he afterwards faithfully served by his matchless writings , and adorned by his exemplary life . Mr. Stevens was at the same period , being only fourteen , namely , in August , 1746 , placed out as an ...
... holy orders in that church , which he afterwards faithfully served by his matchless writings , and adorned by his exemplary life . Mr. Stevens was at the same period , being only fourteen , namely , in August , 1746 , placed out as an ...
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... holy living , those giants in religious knowledge , as our most excellent sovereign has justly called them , were familiar to Mr. Stevens and there was hardly a writer of modern days , at all celebrated for orthodox opi- nions ...
... holy living , those giants in religious knowledge , as our most excellent sovereign has justly called them , were familiar to Mr. Stevens and there was hardly a writer of modern days , at all celebrated for orthodox opi- nions ...
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... Holy Scriptures . He would there have seen not less clearly evinced than by Mr. Maurice , that the Doctrine of the Trinity , so far from owing its origin to the philosophers of Greece , as infidels and sceptics assert , was the doctrine ...
... Holy Scriptures . He would there have seen not less clearly evinced than by Mr. Maurice , that the Doctrine of the Trinity , so far from owing its origin to the philosophers of Greece , as infidels and sceptics assert , was the doctrine ...
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... holy life , devotion to God , beneficence and good - will to man , they seem to have gone hand in hand . Mr. Stevens , being a bachelor , for the most part spent from Saturday till Tuesday in every week with his friend . Here it may be ...
... holy life , devotion to God , beneficence and good - will to man , they seem to have gone hand in hand . Mr. Stevens , being a bachelor , for the most part spent from Saturday till Tuesday in every week with his friend . Here it may be ...
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... holy orders ; but it was quite out of his power to support the expense of such a training . Accordingly this gentleman wrote to Mr. Stevens , informing him that he under- stood there were various exhibitions which might be had at Oxford ...
... holy orders ; but it was quite out of his power to support the expense of such a training . Accordingly this gentleman wrote to Mr. Stevens , informing him that he under- stood there were various exhibitions which might be had at Oxford ...
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Page 191 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 68 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Page 41 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
Page 3 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Page 155 - ... no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since none can be more delightful or more useful, none can more certainly enchain the heart by irresistible interest, or more widely diffuse instruction to every diversity of condition.
Page 130 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Page 76 - For as many as have sinned without Law shall also perish without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law...
Page 143 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John...
Page 159 - It is the effusion of a mind crowded with ideas, and desirous of imparting them ; and therefore always accumulating words, and involving one clause and sentence in another.
Page 145 - And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.