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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... enjoy- ments . My acquaintance , whilst here , increased : with several young men , who indeed were rather above my station in life ; I was particularly intimate , and more than twice or thrice did I give an exhor- tation at the house ...
... enjoy- ments . My acquaintance , whilst here , increased : with several young men , who indeed were rather above my station in life ; I was particularly intimate , and more than twice or thrice did I give an exhor- tation at the house ...
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... enjoy the blessings of salvation - the sweetness of communion with God - the peace bought and pur . chased for us by Christ Jesus -- and that joy in the Holy Ghost , produced by his influences - and may we learn more and more of the ...
... enjoy the blessings of salvation - the sweetness of communion with God - the peace bought and pur . chased for us by Christ Jesus -- and that joy in the Holy Ghost , produced by his influences - and may we learn more and more of the ...
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... enjoy your health , I can say I never was better in my life than I have been since I have been at Harwich . The air is very cold and healthy : I am sure I have felt the difference . In the town there any many inhabitants , and a ...
... enjoy your health , I can say I never was better in my life than I have been since I have been at Harwich . The air is very cold and healthy : I am sure I have felt the difference . In the town there any many inhabitants , and a ...
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... enjoying the advantages of a kind teacher , a good library , and various other blessings , you are behind the counter of a glove shop . Yet do not despair . I hope we shall some future day enjoy one another's company , and these ...
... enjoying the advantages of a kind teacher , a good library , and various other blessings , you are behind the counter of a glove shop . Yet do not despair . I hope we shall some future day enjoy one another's company , and these ...
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... enjoyed there which I do not here that of your company and con- versation ; and thus is life made up of hopes and fears , pleasures and pains . May we be among those who are strangers and sojourners here , who seek a better country ...
... enjoyed there which I do not here that of your company and con- versation ; and thus is life made up of hopes and fears , pleasures and pains . May we be among those who are strangers and sojourners here , who seek a better country ...
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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.