Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the Late Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool: With an Appendix, Containing a Selection from His Papers, &cCharles Williams, and Samuel T. Armstrong, 1814 - 311 pages |
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... Sabbath evening , being thus engaged with him alone , when from his pertinent replies to some questions I put to him about the concerns of his soul and the impor- tance of an interest in the Savior ,, I perceived he possessed an ...
... Sabbath evening , being thus engaged with him alone , when from his pertinent replies to some questions I put to him about the concerns of his soul and the impor- tance of an interest in the Savior ,, I perceived he possessed an ...
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... Sabbath - day , Nov. 15th , I heard Mr. M ——— , at Cowbridge , in the morning , from 1 Thes . v , But let us , who are of the day , be sober , putting on Alas ! lamented youth ! little did he , or the friend to whom he wrote , im- agine ...
... Sabbath - day , Nov. 15th , I heard Mr. M ——— , at Cowbridge , in the morning , from 1 Thes . v , But let us , who are of the day , be sober , putting on Alas ! lamented youth ! little did he , or the friend to whom he wrote , im- agine ...
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... know how I respect ( and like the preaching of ) that worthy man . * I hope you will have a pleasant and * The Rev. Mr. Davies , of Queen - Street , Cheapside , London . profitable day next Sabbath at Finchley . I am afraid 46.
... know how I respect ( and like the preaching of ) that worthy man . * I hope you will have a pleasant and * The Rev. Mr. Davies , of Queen - Street , Cheapside , London . profitable day next Sabbath at Finchley . I am afraid 46.
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... Sabbath at Finchley . I am afraid you cannot get out next Thursday , the day Nelson is buried ; for I do assure you that your presence at any place in town would afford me more pleasure than the sight of his funeral , to which I do not ...
... Sabbath at Finchley . I am afraid you cannot get out next Thursday , the day Nelson is buried ; for I do assure you that your presence at any place in town would afford me more pleasure than the sight of his funeral , to which I do not ...
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... sabbath day , and I think I can say it has been to my profit : his ser- mons are indeed very judicious , experimental and practical , and I find it to be just the preaching I want . I keep a book , in which I put down the heads of most ...
... sabbath day , and I think I can say it has been to my profit : his ser- mons are indeed very judicious , experimental and practical , and I find it to be just the preaching I want . I keep a book , in which I put down the heads of most ...
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Page 207 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 186 - Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord...
Page 235 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor, So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 34 - The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake.
Page 11 - The wind that toss'd my foundering bark. Deep horror then my vitals froze ; Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ; When suddenly a star arose, It was the star of Bethlehem. It was my guide, my light, my all ; It bade my dark forebodings cease ; And, through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now, safely moor'd, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever, and for evermore, The star, the star of Bethlehem ! THE HIDING-PLACE.
Page 191 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Page 289 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 297 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 297 - Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Page 288 - The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.