The Life of David Marks, to the 26th Year of His Age, Including the Particulars of His Conversion, Call to the Ministry, and Labours in Itinerant Preaching for Nearly Eleven YearsPrinted at the office of the Morning Star, 1831 - 396 pages |
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... the more interest- ing facts ; not expecting it to be published during my life . The following objections weighed much against its publication : -1 . Having enjoyed the privileges of a school only ten months , my education was not.
... the more interest- ing facts ; not expecting it to be published during my life . The following objections weighed much against its publication : -1 . Having enjoyed the privileges of a school only ten months , my education was not.
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... enjoyed . After this , Elder Dean and brother Wire frequently preached in Junius , and a good reformation followed their labors ; in which some of my former persecu- tors were converted to the faith of the gospel . In the ensuing autumn ...
... enjoyed . After this , Elder Dean and brother Wire frequently preached in Junius , and a good reformation followed their labors ; in which some of my former persecu- tors were converted to the faith of the gospel . In the ensuing autumn ...
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... enjoyed the advantages of a school only ten months ; and had to reflect on my situation , destitute even of convenient raiment . I thought , surely men will despise my youth as well as my counsel , and the truth will be disgraced . Yet ...
... enjoyed the advantages of a school only ten months ; and had to reflect on my situation , destitute even of convenient raiment . I thought , surely men will despise my youth as well as my counsel , and the truth will be disgraced . Yet ...
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... enjoyed much freedom in conversation and prayer . One of the daughters was awakened to seek the pearl of great price . " Shortly afterward , her father told me that she had become discouraged , and invited me to call again . I complied ...
... enjoyed much freedom in conversation and prayer . One of the daughters was awakened to seek the pearl of great price . " Shortly afterward , her father told me that she had become discouraged , and invited me to call again . I complied ...
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... enjoyed much satisfaction in the revival in these towns ; and though severe trials at times afflicted my soul , still my faith was confirmed , that duty called me to labour in the vineyard of the Lord ; and my heart was en- couraged by ...
... enjoyed much satisfaction in the revival in these towns ; and though severe trials at times afflicted my soul , still my faith was confirmed , that duty called me to labour in the vineyard of the Lord ; and my heart was en- couraged by ...
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Page 182 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 110 - And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Page 278 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 313 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 369 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 191 - It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting...
Page 128 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 254 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 40 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 132 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.