Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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Page iv
... minds of some , which led them to feel , that the time had ar- rived for the American church to act , and without delay take possession of the Holy Land . The subject was ac- cordingly submitted to the consideration of the Prudential ...
... minds of some , which led them to feel , that the time had ar- rived for the American church to act , and without delay take possession of the Holy Land . The subject was ac- cordingly submitted to the consideration of the Prudential ...
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... minds for sustaining an arduous , hazardous struggle . They were going forth , as they well knew , to besiege a great empire of sin , where Satan from ancient times has held undisputed possession of his strong holds , and erected his ...
... minds for sustaining an arduous , hazardous struggle . They were going forth , as they well knew , to besiege a great empire of sin , where Satan from ancient times has held undisputed possession of his strong holds , and erected his ...
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... mind , as were favorable to the susceptibility of the stronger convictions of religious truth . In his sixteenth year he was led to realize his lost con- dition , and to feel that he must be in earnest about his salvation . After a ...
... mind , as were favorable to the susceptibility of the stronger convictions of religious truth . In his sixteenth year he was led to realize his lost con- dition , and to feel that he must be in earnest about his salvation . After a ...
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... mind which is enmity against God . " In the summer and autumn of 1807 , it being a season of general stupidity among Christians , I in- dulged myself in sin with less restraint , than I had ever felt before . Never did the concerns of ...
... mind which is enmity against God . " In the summer and autumn of 1807 , it being a season of general stupidity among Christians , I in- dulged myself in sin with less restraint , than I had ever felt before . Never did the concerns of ...
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... mind on religious subjects , I read much , prayed often , and frequently attended religious meetings . I began to conclude that I was a subject of genuine conviction and should soon be converted . " The person who first addressed me ...
... mind on religious subjects , I read much , prayed often , and frequently attended religious meetings . I began to conclude that I was a subject of genuine conviction and should soon be converted . " The person who first addressed me ...
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