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... religious affairs , till the late lamen- table Springfield contention * . Being much seperated from other parts of ... religion ; and particularly remarkable for their distinct knowledge in things that relate to heart religion , and ...
... religious affairs , till the late lamen- table Springfield contention * . Being much seperated from other parts of ... religion ; and particularly remarkable for their distinct knowledge in things that relate to heart religion , and ...
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... religious concern than there used to be . At the latter end of the year 1733 , there appeared a very unusual flexibleness , and yielding to advice , in our young peo- ple . It had been too long their manner to make the evening after the ...
... religious concern than there used to be . At the latter end of the year 1733 , there appeared a very unusual flexibleness , and yielding to advice , in our young peo- ple . It had been too long their manner to make the evening after the ...
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... religious con- cern on people's minds . In the fall of the year I proposed it to the young people , that they should agree among themselves to spend the evenings after lectures in social religion , and to that end divide them- selves ...
... religious con- cern on people's minds . In the fall of the year I proposed it to the young people , that they should agree among themselves to spend the evenings after lectures in social religion , and to that end divide them- selves ...
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... religion . But the event was the reverse , to a wonderful degree . God made it , I suppose , the greatest occasion of awakening to others , of any thing that ever came to pass in the town . I have had abundant opportunity to know the ...
... religion . But the event was the reverse , to a wonderful degree . God made it , I suppose , the greatest occasion of awakening to others , of any thing that ever came to pass in the town . I have had abundant opportunity to know the ...
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... religious exercises . But although people did not ordinarily neglect their worldly business ; yet Religion was with all sorts the great concern , and the world was a thing only by the bye . The only thing in their view was to get the ...
... religious exercises . But although people did not ordinarily neglect their worldly business ; yet Religion was with all sorts the great concern , and the world was a thing only by the bye . The only thing in their view was to get the ...
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Page 338 - Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Page 173 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 236 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem...
Page 104 - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Page 512 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 512 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 257 - I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 353 - And how evident did it now appear that they received and felt them, "not as the word of man, but as the word of God!
Page 201 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 40 - And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.