Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the Late Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool: With an Appendix, Containing a Selection from His Papers, &cCharles Williams, and Samuel T. Armstrong, 1814 - 311 էջ |
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... diadem , For ever and for ever more , The star ! -the star of Bethlehem . The bias and inclination of his mind began at this early period to be disclosed ; preachers and preach- ing seemed to occupy all his thoughts , and often 11.
... diadem , For ever and for ever more , The star ! -the star of Bethlehem . The bias and inclination of his mind began at this early period to be disclosed ; preachers and preach- ing seemed to occupy all his thoughts , and often 11.
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... thoughts , and often he would exercise himself in addressing such domestic congregations as may be supposed to constitute the usual auditories of an infant . Thus in his earliest childhood he displayed his fond attachment to the ...
... thoughts , and often he would exercise himself in addressing such domestic congregations as may be supposed to constitute the usual auditories of an infant . Thus in his earliest childhood he displayed his fond attachment to the ...
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... thought , and sentiments and habits are imbibed and formed , which constitute the basis or become the germ of the matured and finished character ; —it was a circumstance peculiarly auspicious in the history of this lamented youth , that ...
... thought , and sentiments and habits are imbibed and formed , which constitute the basis or become the germ of the matured and finished character ; —it was a circumstance peculiarly auspicious in the history of this lamented youth , that ...
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... Thoughts - the ve- ry place that treats of friendship ; I was rather affect- ed at the reading of it ; and after it was finished , and we were alone , I told him ( Mr. H. ) I was no stran- ger to Young's sentiments in that place . He ...
... Thoughts - the ve- ry place that treats of friendship ; I was rather affect- ed at the reading of it ; and after it was finished , and we were alone , I told him ( Mr. H. ) I was no stran- ger to Young's sentiments in that place . He ...
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... thought long to gaze upon the promised charms of the unfolded flower ; happy strangers of the melancholy and mysterious fact , that so soon as it had opened it must be suddenly cut down and die ! But such and so frail is man- " In the ...
... thought long to gaze upon the promised charms of the unfolded flower ; happy strangers of the melancholy and mysterious fact , that so soon as it had opened it must be suddenly cut down and die ! But such and so frail is man- " In the ...
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Էջ 207 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Էջ 186 - Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord...
Էջ 235 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor, So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Էջ 34 - The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake.
Էջ 11 - The wind that toss'd my foundering bark. Deep horror then my vitals froze ; Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ; When suddenly a star arose, It was the star of Bethlehem. It was my guide, my light, my all ; It bade my dark forebodings cease ; And, through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now, safely moor'd, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever, and for evermore, The star, the star of Bethlehem ! THE HIDING-PLACE.
Էջ 191 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Էջ 289 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Էջ 297 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Էջ 297 - Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Էջ 288 - The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.