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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Page 90
... heaven - are so feeble and languid in their efforts to secure an immortal crown ? " Did we but labor with as much diligence and zeal for the incorruptible , as Napoleon did for the corruptible crown , what victories over the world , the ...
... heaven - are so feeble and languid in their efforts to secure an immortal crown ? " Did we but labor with as much diligence and zeal for the incorruptible , as Napoleon did for the corruptible crown , what victories over the world , the ...
Page 95
... heaven . ' Then with uplifted hands he exclaimed : ' I want to go home to Jesus . There is nothing below worth looking upon . ' And , addressing himself to me , he said ; Keep straight forward , straight forward . ' I then said : ' Sir ...
... heaven . ' Then with uplifted hands he exclaimed : ' I want to go home to Jesus . There is nothing below worth looking upon . ' And , addressing himself to me , he said ; Keep straight forward , straight forward . ' I then said : ' Sir ...
Page 104
... heaven shining upon his path . Painful was the visita- tion , deeply was he chastened ; but salutary did he feel the discipline to be . From Albany he was removed to Troy , and again sta tioned in the State street church . At the close ...
... heaven shining upon his path . Painful was the visita- tion , deeply was he chastened ; but salutary did he feel the discipline to be . From Albany he was removed to Troy , and again sta tioned in the State street church . At the close ...
Page 110
... heaven , he passed in peace and triumph to his everlasting reward . The last words he uttered were on the occasion of Mr. Burton's children being presented to receive his dying blessing . Taking each by the hand , he said , " God bless ...
... heaven , he passed in peace and triumph to his everlasting reward . The last words he uttered were on the occasion of Mr. Burton's children being presented to receive his dying blessing . Taking each by the hand , he said , " God bless ...
Page 113
... heaven , multitudes , who used to hang upon his lips with gracious pleasure , and spiritual profit , still cherish his memory ; to them the name of Coles Carpenter , revives the recollection of scenes and asso- ciations the most sacred ...
... heaven , multitudes , who used to hang upon his lips with gracious pleasure , and spiritual profit , still cherish his memory ; to them the name of Coles Carpenter , revives the recollection of scenes and asso- ciations the most sacred ...
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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.