The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Issue 1 |
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... DEAR SIR , THE present time being marked with peculiar traits of impiety , and such an almost universal inattention to the concerns of religion prevailing , that very few will attend , except on Sundays , to hear the word of God , I ...
... DEAR SIR , THE present time being marked with peculiar traits of impiety , and such an almost universal inattention to the concerns of religion prevailing , that very few will attend , except on Sundays , to hear the word of God , I ...
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... DEAR SIR , I WAS in my 31st year , when I took upon me the pastoral charge of some thou- sands of souls , in the county of Dinwid die , and parish of Bath . An awful charge ! Who is sufficient for these things ? Several ministers had ...
... DEAR SIR , I WAS in my 31st year , when I took upon me the pastoral charge of some thou- sands of souls , in the county of Dinwid die , and parish of Bath . An awful charge ! Who is sufficient for these things ? Several ministers had ...
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... him my view of the gospel and manner of preaching it . What I said met his approbation , and in him I found a dear brother and faithful The Rev. Mr. M'Robert . fellow laborer in the work of the Lord.- We were 100 THE LIFE OF THE.
... him my view of the gospel and manner of preaching it . What I said met his approbation , and in him I found a dear brother and faithful The Rev. Mr. M'Robert . fellow laborer in the work of the Lord.- We were 100 THE LIFE OF THE.
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... dear as a pa- rent , drew his pen against me , and laid about him stoutly . But I said nothing , and the good old man was soon ashamed of his unprovoked attack . All this time I kept myself within my old lines , went on in my old tract ...
... dear as a pa- rent , drew his pen against me , and laid about him stoutly . But I said nothing , and the good old man was soon ashamed of his unprovoked attack . All this time I kept myself within my old lines , went on in my old tract ...
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... dear friends , yea my children in the gospel , fall off from me , and join with my most notorious enemies . Instead of crowded churches , as formerly , my hearers seldom exceed , on Sundays , one . hundred and fifty , and , for the most ...
... dear friends , yea my children in the gospel , fall off from me , and join with my most notorious enemies . Instead of crowded churches , as formerly , my hearers seldom exceed , on Sundays , one . hundred and fifty , and , for the most ...
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Page 64 - ALMIGHTY God, unto Whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from . Whom no secrets are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy holy Name ; through Christ our Lord.
Page 176 - So am I made to possess months of vanity, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Page 164 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 61 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 43 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 6 - I have no pleasure in them"; while the sun or the light or the moon or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 43 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 15 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life ; but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him (John iii.
Page 188 - And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons...
Page 49 - ... known before that memorable hour Eternal glories to the King, Who brought me safely through; My tongue shall never cease to sing, And endless praise renew. Not that I suppose I never had true religion before this — I believe I had real religion, or I could not have gone through so many trials — but such a bright manifestation of the redeemer's all-sufficiency and willingness to save, and such a divine confidence to rely on him, I never had till that moment — it was a little heaven upon...