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 Appendix |
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Page 31
Some idea of what he passed through during the fifty two years of his itinerant life
, may be gathered from the following extract of a letter written to Mr. Wesley ,
when he had traveled but nine years : “ My lot has mostly been cast in new
places ...
Some idea of what he passed through during the fifty two years of his itinerant life
, may be gathered from the following extract of a letter written to Mr. Wesley ,
when he had traveled but nine years : “ My lot has mostly been cast in new
places ...
Page 39
About six months after this , I was passing through New Ashford with my wife ,
and put up for the night with brother Sherwood , the leader of the class . After
supper , sister Sherwood began to speak to my wife about my having preached
there ...
About six months after this , I was passing through New Ashford with my wife ,
and put up for the night with brother Sherwood , the leader of the class . After
supper , sister Sherwood began to speak to my wife about my having preached
there ...
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Jesse Lee , the apostle of Methodism in New England , in one of those extensive
tours which these men were accustomed to make , passed through a part of our
territory . On Sunday , the 21st , after holding a love - feast and preaching twice ...
Jesse Lee , the apostle of Methodism in New England , in one of those extensive
tours which these men were accustomed to make , passed through a part of our
territory . On Sunday , the 21st , after holding a love - feast and preaching twice ...
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He pursued his journey preaching at Cambridge , Troy , and New Lebanon , and
so passed out of our bounds into Massachusetts . ( See Stevens ' Memorials ,
series ji , p . 57. ) During the conference year of 1800-1 , Peter Vannest endured
...
He pursued his journey preaching at Cambridge , Troy , and New Lebanon , and
so passed out of our bounds into Massachusetts . ( See Stevens ' Memorials ,
series ji , p . 57. ) During the conference year of 1800-1 , Peter Vannest endured
...
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I have had great dogs sent after me , to frighten my horse , as I was peacefully
passing through small villages . But I never was harmed by any of them . I have
been saluted with the sound , Glory , hosanna , amen , hallelujah ! mixed with
oaths ...
I have had great dogs sent after me , to frighten my horse , as I was peacefully
passing through small villages . But I never was harmed by any of them . I have
been saluted with the sound , Glory , hosanna , amen , hallelujah ! mixed with
oaths ...
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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.
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| Title | 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 Appendix |
| Author | Stephen Parks |
| Publisher | J. Lord, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 May 2006 |
| Length | 423 pages |
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