William Griffith: Memorials and Letters. [With a Portrait.] |
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... grace for preaching , Mr. Bradnack had his name placed on the preachers ' plan . Though diffident , he yielded to the call , and began to proclaim to his fellow - men , as best he could , the ' unsearchable riches of Christ . ' Of the ...
... grace for preaching , Mr. Bradnack had his name placed on the preachers ' plan . Though diffident , he yielded to the call , and began to proclaim to his fellow - men , as best he could , the ' unsearchable riches of Christ . ' Of the ...
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... grace for their discharge , for which , by my declension in piety , I was unfitted . My excitement of mind was strengthened and wrought up to frenzy by the approach of the next District Meeting . I knew that in my present state I could ...
... grace for their discharge , for which , by my declension in piety , I was unfitted . My excitement of mind was strengthened and wrought up to frenzy by the approach of the next District Meeting . I knew that in my present state I could ...
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... grace , ' & c . The other text was Rom . v . 1 : Therefore being justified by faith , ' & c . These services , he informs us , were attended with signal blessing , and he continued in the work . He became , in a wider sense , an ...
... grace , ' & c . The other text was Rom . v . 1 : Therefore being justified by faith , ' & c . These services , he informs us , were attended with signal blessing , and he continued in the work . He became , in a wider sense , an ...
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... grace , ' & c . He laboured here with his usual assiduity and acceptance , leaving behind him a word of caution to his hearers , for his last text was Rom . xi . 20 , 21 : Well ; because of unbelief they are broken off , ' & c . 6 As ...
... grace , ' & c . He laboured here with his usual assiduity and acceptance , leaving behind him a word of caution to his hearers , for his last text was Rom . xi . 20 , 21 : Well ; because of unbelief they are broken off , ' & c . 6 As ...
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... grace ; and though I cannot see what is before me , yet if it please God to spare me a little longer , I will do , as I have again and again pledged to do , to present myself a living sacrifice to Him , and hope to live and hope to die ...
... grace ; and though I cannot see what is before me , yet if it please God to spare me a little longer , I will do , as I have again and again pledged to do , to present myself a living sacrifice to Him , and hope to live and hope to die ...
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Page 11 - That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 113 - To whom thus half abash'd Adam reply'd. sw Neither her outside form'd so fair, nor aught In procreation common to all kinds (Though higher of the genial bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem,) So much delights me, as those graceful acts, *» Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions...
Page 121 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on Earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner...
Page 165 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 7 - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Page 112 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 136 - In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 179 - And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue : and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
Page 231 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 7 - That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.