Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. George Whitefield: Of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon. Faithfully Selected from His Original Papers, Journals, and Letters, Illustrated by a Variety of Anecdotes, from the Best AuthoritiesAaron Crossley Hobart Seymour Simon Probasco, 1820 - 295 páginas |
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... pray . " The character of Barnabas may , with great propriety . be applied to him ; " He was a good man , and full of the Holy Ghost , and of faith . " But it may be said , he was à perfect character , No : this is not the lot of ...
... pray . " The character of Barnabas may , with great propriety . be applied to him ; " He was a good man , and full of the Holy Ghost , and of faith . " But it may be said , he was à perfect character , No : this is not the lot of ...
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... prayer ; in the study of which , he found unspeakable profit and delight . But inclination con- spired with duty ... prayed with the prisoners in the county goal , every day . Being now about twenty - one years of age , he was sent for ...
... prayer ; in the study of which , he found unspeakable profit and delight . But inclination con- spired with duty ... prayed with the prisoners in the county goal , every day . Being now about twenty - one years of age , he was sent for ...
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... prayers in the chapel twice a week , catechising and preaching once , daily visiting the soldiers in the barracks and infirmary . He also read prayers every evening at Wapping chapel , and preached at Judgate prison every Tuesday . The ...
... prayers in the chapel twice a week , catechising and preaching once , daily visiting the soldiers in the barracks and infirmary . He also read prayers every evening at Wapping chapel , and preached at Judgate prison every Tuesday . The ...
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... prayers twice a day , early in the morning , and in the evening : he also daily catechised the children , and visited from house to house . He now divided the day into three parts , alloting eight hours for sleep and meals , eight for ...
... prayers twice a day , early in the morning , and in the evening : he also daily catechised the children , and visited from house to house . He now divided the day into three parts , alloting eight hours for sleep and meals , eight for ...
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... prayers twice or thrice , and walking ten or twelve miles . But finding that the general would not sail for some time , and being under particular obligations to the Rev. Mr. Sampson Harris , minister at Stonehouse , in Gloucestershire ...
... prayers twice or thrice , and walking ten or twelve miles . But finding that the general would not sail for some time , and being under particular obligations to the Rev. Mr. Sampson Harris , minister at Stonehouse , in Gloucestershire ...
Términos y frases comunes
a-day affected afterwards America appeared April arrived attended auditory awakened Bethesda bishop blessed Bristol called captain chapel Charles Wesley Charlestown christian church church of England congregation conversation countess of Huntingdon dear friend death desire discourse divine divine grace doctrines Edinburgh England faith favour funeral sermon George Whitefield Georgia Glasgow glory gospel grace hands happy hath hear heard hearers heart heaven holy honour hope hundred invited Jesus Christ John Cennick John Wesley labours late Letter Lisbon living London Lord Jesus Lord's manner mercy methodists ministers ministry morning multitudes never occasion orphan-house persons pleased Plymouth poor Portsmouth pounds pray prayer preached twice preacher province of Georgia pulpit received religion religious salvation Savannah says Scotland sinners soon souls spirit success Sunday tabernacle Tennent things thou thousands tion truth unto week Wesley word writes zeal
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Página 100 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Página 92 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Página 100 - And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
Página 238 - Why do we mourn departing friends Or shake at death's alarms? 'tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Página 106 - O blest abode ! I shall be near and like my God ! And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul.
Página 19 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Página 76 - Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
Página 103 - May speak their joys abroad. 4 [The God that rules on high, And thunders when he please, That rides upon the stormy sky And manages the seas.] 5 This awful God is ours, Our Father and our love, He shall send down his heavenly powers To carry us above.
Página 243 - And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
Página 162 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.