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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... tion of Freeborn Garrettson . In piety , ability , labor , suffering , and success , he was equaled by few , scarcely exceeded by any . He was born in Maryland , in 1752 . Like most of the preeminently good and useful men who have ...
... tion of Freeborn Garrettson . In piety , ability , labor , suffering , and success , he was equaled by few , scarcely exceeded by any . He was born in Maryland , in 1752 . Like most of the preeminently good and useful men who have ...
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... tion in 1829 . Sometime in the year 1795 , the eccentric Billy Hib- bard preached his first sermon . It was in a tavern kept by a professed deist , at Hinsdale Flatts , Mass . God blessed his first discourse to the conversion of an aged ...
... tion in 1829 . Sometime in the year 1795 , the eccentric Billy Hib- bard preached his first sermon . It was in a tavern kept by a professed deist , at Hinsdale Flatts , Mass . God blessed his first discourse to the conversion of an aged ...
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... , and the presump- tion is that it was again connected with an adjoining circuit . In 1813 it again appears , Laban Clark being appointed there that year . T. Spicer succeeded Mr. Clark 48 TROY CONFERENCE MISCELLANY . · Starks- Infant.
... , and the presump- tion is that it was again connected with an adjoining circuit . In 1813 it again appears , Laban Clark being appointed there that year . T. Spicer succeeded Mr. Clark 48 TROY CONFERENCE MISCELLANY . · Starks- Infant.
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... tion . " As a specimen of what our preachers in those days endured , I will quote again from Mr. Washburn's account of his labors on Brandon circuit ; 66 I have had stones and snow - balls cast at me in volleys . I have had great dogs ...
... tion . " As a specimen of what our preachers in those days endured , I will quote again from Mr. Washburn's account of his labors on Brandon circuit ; 66 I have had stones and snow - balls cast at me in volleys . I have had great dogs ...
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... tion of their souls . I preached to them and a goodly number of their neighbors . The Lord was with us , and owned and blessed his word . The old gentleman , his wife , and some of their children , experienced reli- gion , and joined ...
... tion of their souls . I preached to them and a goodly number of their neighbors . The Lord was with us , and owned and blessed his word . The old gentleman , his wife , and some of their children , experienced reli- gion , and joined ...
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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.