 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon, W. J. Harrald - Baptists - 1899 - 360 pages
...manner while I was seeking the Saviour. A great many people make fun of that verse, — 1 Tis a point 1 long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I His, or am I not ? " If they ever find themselves where some ot us have been, they will not do so any more. I believe... | |
 | Charles Taze Russell - Eschatology - 1899 - 520 pages
...their acceptance as "sons" into his family. Their doubts are expressed in the well-known hymn : — " 'Tis a point I long to know — Oft it causes anxious thought : l)o I love the Lord or no? Am I his or am I not ? " This uncertainty arises in part also from a misapprehension... | |
 | Adolphus Spalding Worrell - Baptists - 1900 - 152 pages
...conversion, and spend their days, for the most part, in "wanderings sad and lone;" Singing, " "Pis a point I long to know; , Oft it causes anxious thought: Do I love the Lord or no; Am I his, or am I not ? " Or, if they get a little refreshed at a protracted meeting, or on some other occasion, they will... | |
 | Councils and synods, Ecumenical - 1901 - 632 pages
...agnosticism. It lacks the confident and jubilant tone that has made Methodism a world-wide movement : "'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious...Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I not?" The sublime privilege of a regenerated soul and the clear note of its triumphant assurance is happily... | |
 | Dissenters - 1901 - 384 pages
...encouraging to others. It is in striking contrast to such an utterance as that of John Newton's hymn — " 'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious...Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I His, or am I not ? " It is more in harmony with Charles Wesley's ringing hymn — "My God, I am Thine, What a comfort... | |
 | Thomas Hobbs Stacy - Christian life - 1901 - 112 pages
...There is a hymn which seems to me to be very peculiar. Its first stanza reads : " 'Tis a point I lon£ to know, Oft it causes anxious thought : Do I love the Lord, or no? Am I his or am I not? " This would seem strange to any wife if her husband put her name in the place of the Lord's. It is... | |
 | Sermons, American - 1902 - 692 pages
...very familiar. I remember and think I can quote one verse of it as a specimen : — " 'Tis a thing I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord or no, Am I saved or am I not? " Here was the one great anxiety of the Christian,— to be sure that his soul was... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Social problems - 1903 - 320 pages
...which he told them. Every man and woman was thus set on the torture of self-examination. "There is a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought,...Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I not?" Who can wonder if one or another of the [145] poor creatures came out in the belief that they were... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Social problems - 1903 - 314 pages
...which he told them. Every man and woman was thus set on the torture of self-examination. "There is a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought,...Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I not?" Who can wonder if one or another of the "WE, THE PEOPLE" poor creatures came out in the belief that... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1903 - 396 pages
...may be found in a hymn which I used to hear sung, and with which I was very familiar : " 'Tis a thing I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord or no, Am I saved or am I not ? ' ' Here was the one great anxiety of the Christian, — to be sure that his soul... | |
| |
Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought ; Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love, why am I thus? 
