Reminiscences of the Rev. Robert Hall: And Sketches of His Sermons Preached at Cambridge Prior to 1806Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1834 - 353 pages |
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... heard a gentleman of superior and acknowledged intellect , expressing , in almost unqualified terms , the real pleasure he had felt in perusing the work . If something more be necessary ( which we are quite ready to concede ) to realize ...
... heard a gentleman of superior and acknowledged intellect , expressing , in almost unqualified terms , the real pleasure he had felt in perusing the work . If something more be necessary ( which we are quite ready to concede ) to realize ...
Page xviii
... heard , or wrote to Mr. Hall for the last thirty years . It appeared to us to be very much in the spirit of the age to prefer great names , as if they could add dignity to real greatness ; and Sir James , not being a decidedly professed ...
... heard , or wrote to Mr. Hall for the last thirty years . It appeared to us to be very much in the spirit of the age to prefer great names , as if they could add dignity to real greatness ; and Sir James , not being a decidedly professed ...
Page xix
... heard Mr. Hall more , and for a longer space of time , than any person now living , his friends urged him to the task of looking over the materials preserved , which are three times more numerous than have been yet given . In conclusion ...
... heard Mr. Hall more , and for a longer space of time , than any person now living , his friends urged him to the task of looking over the materials preserved , which are three times more numerous than have been yet given . In conclusion ...
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... heard . The strictest silence was preserved until Mr. Hall had finished the head of discourse , or made a momentary pause , when a movement was made by the congregation , to give vent to suppressed emotions , and to refix attention ...
... heard . The strictest silence was preserved until Mr. Hall had finished the head of discourse , or made a momentary pause , when a movement was made by the congregation , to give vent to suppressed emotions , and to refix attention ...
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... heard it observed by some of his poorer members , that there were always passages which afforded matter for profitable meditation . A taste for metaphysics led him occasionally to indulge in that mode of reasoning . To this were united ...
... heard it observed by some of his poorer members , that there were always passages which afforded matter for profitable meditation . A taste for metaphysics led him occasionally to indulge in that mode of reasoning . To this were united ...
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Page 338 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 289 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 242 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 312 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 117 - Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.
Page 330 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...
Page 248 - Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2.
Page 118 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 314 - On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Page 73 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars...