Incidents in the Life of a Pastor

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Scribner, 1851 - Clergy - 316 pages
 

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Page 172 - The catechism says that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever, which of course is applicable mainly to God as seen in his works.
Page 16 - God hath exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance and remission of sins...
Page 257 - ... though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.
Page 54 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 210 - Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 264 - COME unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 177 - ... [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Page 266 - Christ, and as though God did beseech you by me, I pray you in Christ's stead, that you would be reconciled to God,
Page 173 - I became satisfied that there was ground to hope that " old things had passed away, and all things had become new." After some weeks he united himself to the church, and his subsequent life has fully justified the hope which I indulged for him at the interview to which I have alluded. A Prompt Decision. — At a meeting of inquiry which I held at a time of general interest in my congregation, a young lady who had been anxious about her soul for many months, with whom I had been conversing, rose up...

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