A Discourse Delivered June 4, 1823, at the Ordination of Rev. Christopher Marsh: As Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Sanford, Maine. ...

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A. Shirley, 1823 - 12 pages
 

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Page 3 - And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
Page 10 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God...
Page 14 - The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that is athirst, come ; and whosoever will, let him come, and take the water of life freely.
Page 4 - God, to open the eyes of men, and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of their sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Page 10 - Measures have probably been adopted effectually to relieve these churches, to strengthen the things which remain and are ready to die...
Page 10 - We learn from the text hi the third place, that this gospel of the kingdom is to be preached in all the world.
Page 6 - If my church would preach daily by a devoted life ; if they would stand between the dead and the living, and stay the plague ; if they would wrestle with God, the word would be with power.
Page 4 - Melancthon has believed it easy ; and hegunhis workwithhighexpectationeof seeing sinners fly to Christ as a cloud, and as doves to their windows. But a short experience convinces him that leviathan is not so tamed.
Page 12 - JVoi vnto us, not vnlo us,—we could repeat it forever,—not unto us, but unto thy name, О Lord, be the glory, and the victory, and the praise.

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