 | Philip Doddridge - 1805 - 632 pages
...the view of bonds and aj/iictions, and even of martyrdom itself, None of these things xx. move me, neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish 23t2^ my course with joy, and may fulfil the ministry which I have received dj the Lord Jesus,... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1808 - 584 pages
...not outlive his usefulness. The last time he appeared in the pulpit, he preached from these words ; Neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy. The manner in which he finished his course, is thus described by the Rev.... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 544 pages
...it, but to go boldly forward: the language of our hearts must be, " None of these- things move me, neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy"*—] Doubtless these things are difficult: but we shall not be deterred... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1814 - 326 pages
...interesting occasion from those memorable words of Paul — Acts xx, 24, 'But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course rvith joy, an J the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus.* Thus were Spencer's... | |
 | Andrew Reed - 1820 - 366 pages
...quietus to his enraged conscience ; but from a strong sense of duty. They were not formed in his owu strength ; but in humble dependence on Omnipotence....accustomed) to communicate his pleasures, Lefevre novr looked anxiously round on the companionsof his voyage, for a friend ; but alas ! not one was to... | |
 | Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pages
...mentioned a long catalogue of his sufferings, he concludes by observing, " None of these things move me; neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy." Nor was his fortitude unequal to the pains of martyrdom, which he afterward... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pages
...appeared quite animated, and expressed himself to the following effect ; " None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course witli joy. ' Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of... | |
 | James Hough - 1824 - 552 pages
...city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me ;" he added, " but nonig of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the... | |
 | Sarah Burdett - 1825 - 244 pages
...your reward in heaven." St. Paul saith, *' I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulations;" and again, "neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy." We read in the Acts, " that when they had called the apostles and beaten... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...of affliction j " none of these things move me." II. In raising us superior to the love of life; " neither count I my life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus." Let us behold... | |
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