The Congregational Magazine, Volume 6B.J. Holdsworth, 1823 - Congregationalism |
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... happy event , both to himself and them . Five years knowledge of him , and Christian communion with him , led them to the prudent step of choosing him co - pastor with Dr. C. , whose age and infirmities rendered a measure of that kind ...
... happy event , both to himself and them . Five years knowledge of him , and Christian communion with him , led them to the prudent step of choosing him co - pastor with Dr. C. , whose age and infirmities rendered a measure of that kind ...
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... happy influence of evangelical principles , as appears to have been the case with him ; and in every part of the work the same excellence of spirit is touchingly manifest . What would I not give to possess such a frame of mind as this ...
... happy influence of evangelical principles , as appears to have been the case with him ; and in every part of the work the same excellence of spirit is touchingly manifest . What would I not give to possess such a frame of mind as this ...
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... happy ; they bribed their masters to gentle treatment , and enjoyed a large por- tion of practical liberty . Their school flourished ; its library con- tained 700 or 800 volumes , among which was an entire set of the Greek classics ...
... happy ; they bribed their masters to gentle treatment , and enjoyed a large por- tion of practical liberty . Their school flourished ; its library con- tained 700 or 800 volumes , among which was an entire set of the Greek classics ...
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... happy and at home ; the houses of many friends in and near London were open to him , in the first instance on his father's ac count , but afterwards from respect for his own excellent qualities of head and heart . We much regret that we ...
... happy and at home ; the houses of many friends in and near London were open to him , in the first instance on his father's ac count , but afterwards from respect for his own excellent qualities of head and heart . We much regret that we ...
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... happy . It was very solemn indeed - indeed , my dear father , it was very solemn , but I was very happy . I bless God for this ; I take it as a pledge of what his grace can do , and of what it will do when the last hour comes . " " His ...
... happy . It was very solemn indeed - indeed , my dear father , it was very solemn , but I was very happy . I bless God for this ; I take it as a pledge of what his grace can do , and of what it will do when the last hour comes . " " His ...
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Page 178 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 58 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 640 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 277 - Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Page 279 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 514 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 439 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Page 156 - Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
Page 187 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 468 - Truth indeed came once into the world with her Divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on : but when he ascended, and his Apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thou,sand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...