Troy Conference Miscellany: Containing a Historical Sketch of Methodism Within the Bounds of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Reminiscences of Its Deceased, and Contributions by Its Living Ministers. With an AppendixJ. Lord, 1854 - 423 pages |
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... not fully describe what I felt : all my dejection , and that melancholy gloom which preyed upon me , vanished in a moment , and a divine sweetness · ran through my whole frame . " This event speaks 30 TROY CONFERENCE MISCELLANY ,
... not fully describe what I felt : all my dejection , and that melancholy gloom which preyed upon me , vanished in a moment , and a divine sweetness · ran through my whole frame . " This event speaks 30 TROY CONFERENCE MISCELLANY ,
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... felt a shock of the divine power , " which exerted its purifying influence on the place . In 1800 , Abner Chase , another well known veteran itinerant , was converted to God , somewhere in the region of Johnstown or Northampton , within ...
... felt a shock of the divine power , " which exerted its purifying influence on the place . In 1800 , Abner Chase , another well known veteran itinerant , was converted to God , somewhere in the region of Johnstown or Northampton , within ...
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... felt my heart united with the people . My only object was to do them good and I had the satisfaction of seeing numbers awakened and con- verted to God . " At the second quarterly meeting he was removed to Brandon circuit . The last ...
... felt my heart united with the people . My only object was to do them good and I had the satisfaction of seeing numbers awakened and con- verted to God . " At the second quarterly meeting he was removed to Brandon circuit . The last ...
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... felt more like confiding in the arm of the Omnipotent , and while wave after wave in quick succession burst over my head , the language of my heart was : Blessed be the God and rock of my salvation ; indeed , at one time , these words ...
... felt more like confiding in the arm of the Omnipotent , and while wave after wave in quick succession burst over my head , the language of my heart was : Blessed be the God and rock of my salvation ; indeed , at one time , these words ...
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... felt were indispen- sable to him as a Christian minister . No amount of knowledge or sprightliness of talent , would , he knew , answer as a substitute for sound , genuine piety . Learn- ing , unsanctified by religion , unwarmed by love ...
... felt were indispen- sable to him as a Christian minister . No amount of knowledge or sprightliness of talent , would , he knew , answer as a substitute for sound , genuine piety . Learn- ing , unsanctified by religion , unwarmed by love ...
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Page 69 - The Father hears him pray, His dear anointed One : He cannot turn away The presence of his Son : His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God. 5 My God is reconciled ; His pardoning voice I hear : He owns me for his child ; I can no longer fear: With confidence I now draw nigh, And, "Father, Abba, Father,
Page 325 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Page vii - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 374 - I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Page 359 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 77 - For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Page 348 - For the living know that they shall die : But the dead know not any thing, Neither have they any more a reward ; For the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; Neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 326 - And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Page 90 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 324 - I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.