The Missionary Convention at Jerusalem: Or, An Exhibition of the Claims of the World to the GospelJohn S. Taylor, 1838 - 244 pages |
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... heart responded to the deep emotions of the aged convert . There were those present , however , who looked upon their agitation as the offspring of ignorance . Of this number were several who arose as by a simultaneous impulse , and ...
... heart responded to the deep emotions of the aged convert . There were those present , however , who looked upon their agitation as the offspring of ignorance . Of this number were several who arose as by a simultaneous impulse , and ...
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... heart which it enlists must be greatly improved , whatever may have been its previous excellence ; for there is no other subject which searches it so thoroughly dispossessing it of its narrow , selfish policy , and filling its enlarged ...
... heart which it enlists must be greatly improved , whatever may have been its previous excellence ; for there is no other subject which searches it so thoroughly dispossessing it of its narrow , selfish policy , and filling its enlarged ...
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... heart as the interests of that kingdom ? And think you , that he will suffer the grand scheme of redemp- tion , to ... hearts are in his hands , and he can turn them whithersoever he will , so long does it appear presumption to attach ...
... heart as the interests of that kingdom ? And think you , that he will suffer the grand scheme of redemp- tion , to ... hearts are in his hands , and he can turn them whithersoever he will , so long does it appear presumption to attach ...
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... heart . Though we do not understand the precise mode of his operation , yet the means he employs to unite the soul to Christ , and to carry on the work of sancti- fication , are revealed . " The entrance of thy word giveth light ...
... heart . Though we do not understand the precise mode of his operation , yet the means he employs to unite the soul to Christ , and to carry on the work of sancti- fication , are revealed . " The entrance of thy word giveth light ...
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... hearts were not overpowered by reasons which are still more irresistible . Such appears to me to be the condition in which the word of God represents the heathen . Even allowing that many of the arguments which have been adduced are ...
... hearts were not overpowered by reasons which are still more irresistible . Such appears to me to be the condition in which the word of God represents the heathen . Even allowing that many of the arguments which have been adduced are ...
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Page 64 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.
Page 15 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 170 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 47 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 15 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name; for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee : for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 42 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 233 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Page 13 - ... delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son ; as having redemption through Christ's blood, and the forgiveness of sins.
Page 57 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Page 42 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.