Extracts of the Journals of the Late Rev. Thomas Coke, L. L. D.: Comprising Several Visits to North America and the West-Indies: His Tour Through a Part of Ireland, and His Nearly Finished Voyage to Bombay in the East-Indies: to which is Prefixed, a Life of a Doctor ...R. Napper, 1816 - 271 pages |
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... trees walking . " 66 As it had been whispered about in Petherton , ' that the Doctor was getting divine light , and be- coming an evangelical preacher , some of the Dissen- ters were drawn occasionally to hear . Among these was the late ...
... trees walking . " 66 As it had been whispered about in Petherton , ' that the Doctor was getting divine light , and be- coming an evangelical preacher , some of the Dissen- ters were drawn occasionally to hear . Among these was the late ...
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... . - I preached to a tolerable congregation in a forest . It is quite romantic to see such numbers of horses fastened to the trees . Being engaged in the most solemn solemn exercises of religion for three or four hours every 46.
... . - I preached to a tolerable congregation in a forest . It is quite romantic to see such numbers of horses fastened to the trees . Being engaged in the most solemn solemn exercises of religion for three or four hours every 46.
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... trees seemed to be trees of ice . So beautiful a sight of the kind I never saw before . And now I am going to open a solemn scene in- deed ! May God deeply impress it on my heart . We had this day a very sudden thaw . I had two runs of ...
... trees seemed to be trees of ice . So beautiful a sight of the kind I never saw before . And now I am going to open a solemn scene in- deed ! May God deeply impress it on my heart . We had this day a very sudden thaw . I had two runs of ...
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... tree brought down by the flood , lay across the landing - place . I endeavoured but in vain , to drive my horse against the stream , and go round the tree . I was afraid to turn my horse's head to the stream , and afraid to go back . In ...
... tree brought down by the flood , lay across the landing - place . I endeavoured but in vain , to drive my horse against the stream , and go round the tree . I was afraid to turn my horse's head to the stream , and afraid to go back . In ...
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... tree , which lay across a strong and deep stream of water , in which I must have been inevitably drowned , if my foot had slipped . A man went before , leading me by the hand . But here as every where , the Lord was at my right hand ...
... tree , which lay across a strong and deep stream of water , in which I must have been inevitably drowned , if my foot had slipped . A man went before , leading me by the hand . But here as every where , the Lord was at my right hand ...
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Page 149 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 228 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.
Page 196 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 161 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
Page 209 - Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Page 65 - After dinner we desired a private interview, and opened to him the grand business on which we came, presenting to him our petition for the emancipation of the Negroes, and entreating his signature, if the eminence of his station did not render it inexpedient for him to sign any petition. He informed us that he was...
Page 178 - When all thy mercies, O my God, my rising soul surveys, transported with the view, I'm lost in wonder, love, and praise. No. 78. 3 2 O how shall words with equal warmth the gratitude declare, that .glows within my ravish'd heart! but thou canst read it there.
Page 37 - He seems to be all meekness and love, and yet all activity. He makes me quite ashamed, for he invariably rises at four in the morning, and not only he, but several others of the preachers. Him we sent off, like an arrow, from north to south, directing him to send messengers to the right and left, and to gather all the preachers together at Baltimore on Christmas eve."8 1 Coke's Journals, pp.
Page 89 - Our painful contests, I trust, have produced the most indissoluble union between my brethren and me. We thoroughly perceived the mutual purity of each other's intentions in respect to the points in dispute. We mutually yielded, and mutually submitted ; and the silken cords of love and affection were tied to the horns of the altar for ever and ever.
Page 163 - Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity : therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.