A Presbyterian Clergyman Looking for the ChurchR. Lendrum & Company, 1857 - 249 pages |
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... altar without the Lord's anointing ; to go out not knowing whither , and incur the necessity of a long probation , before I may earn the confidence of my brethren in my new relations ; to be day and night agitated and unhappy on a ...
... altar without the Lord's anointing ; to go out not knowing whither , and incur the necessity of a long probation , before I may earn the confidence of my brethren in my new relations ; to be day and night agitated and unhappy on a ...
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... altar of the Lord , from kneeling on his knees ; " why should not I with all my miseries fall down as low as he ? I have seen this instinct frequently betray itself in a Presbyterian congregation . In time of a revival , when there is ...
... altar of the Lord , from kneeling on his knees ; " why should not I with all my miseries fall down as low as he ? I have seen this instinct frequently betray itself in a Presbyterian congregation . In time of a revival , when there is ...
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... altars of the Episcopal Church , and that many of the purest spirits that the earth con- tains , minister at those altars , or breathe forth their prayers and praises in language consecrated by the use of piety for centuries . " The New ...
... altars of the Episcopal Church , and that many of the purest spirits that the earth con- tains , minister at those altars , or breathe forth their prayers and praises in language consecrated by the use of piety for centuries . " The New ...
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... altar ; and to - morrow , from the cold nothings that would be offered upon it . The Presbyterian , accus- tomed to such jejune and drowsy prayers as may be heard at any time , but especially in a country parish , or on a summer's ...
... altar ; and to - morrow , from the cold nothings that would be offered upon it . The Presbyterian , accus- tomed to such jejune and drowsy prayers as may be heard at any time , but especially in a country parish , or on a summer's ...
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... altar - that great symbol of worship and of sacrifice . One circumstance , and the powerful , though unin- tended testimony afforded by it to the value and fitness of Liturgical worship , deserves especial notice . In those revivals ...
... altar - that great symbol of worship and of sacrifice . One circumstance , and the powerful , though unin- tended testimony afforded by it to the value and fitness of Liturgical worship , deserves especial notice . In those revivals ...
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Page 108 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 82 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 29 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 228 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 224 - Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
Page 115 - In flat opposition to these, I declare once more, that I live and die a member of the Church of England: and that none who regard my judgment or advice will ever separate from it.
Page 216 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 18 - The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God's own will, in his appointed time.
Page 238 - We leave it not therefore as loathing that milk wherewith we were nourished there ; but, blessing God for the parentage and education, as members of the same body, shall always rejoice in her good...
Page 51 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole. Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb, for sinners slain, Redeemer, king, creator, In bliss returns to reign.