Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Band 3

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T. Mason and G. Lane, 1840
 

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Seite 599 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
Seite 461 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Seite 343 - ... so that he might finish his course with joy and the ministry he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God ; Acts xx.
Seite 225 - What amounts are necessary for the support of superannuated preachers, and the widows and orphans of preachers, and to make up the deficiencies of those who have not obtained their regular allowance on the circuits ? This involves the report of our estimated salaries, and the amount paid on them.
Seite 355 - HAPPY soul, thy days are ended, All thy mourning days below : Go, by angel guards attended, To the sight of Jesus go ! Waiting to receive thy spirit, Lo ! the Saviour stands above, Shows the purchase of his merit, Reaches out the crown of love.
Seite 455 - ON Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie.
Seite 60 - Christ's sake, it is in the cause of one who suffered a thousand times more for mine; and, therefore, it ought to be matter of joy and triumph, rather than of grief and dejection to me: especially, considering, that these my light afflictions, which are but for a moment, will work out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Seite 348 - Tell the preachers to preach Christ and him crucified. Tell them my only hope, my only foundation, is in the blood of sprinkling. Precious blood ! O, the fullness, the sweetness, the richness of that fountain!' After praising God for some time, he turned his eyes on his weeping companion, and made some reference to his temporalities, but instantly observed, they were small matters, little things, assuring her that God would provide for her and his little children. About two o'clock Bishop Morris...
Seite 347 - ... justly remarked, that he had few equals, if any superiors. Profoundly versed in the science of theology and ecclesiastical polity, in the pulpit and on the conference floor, he handled his subjects with a power and skill that rarely failed of success. But the pulpit, pre-eminently, was the theater of his greatness, and the sufferings of Christ the glory of his theme. Calm and collected in his introduction, cautious in the statement of his positions, cogent in his reasonings, apposite in his illustrations,...
Seite 51 - to show himself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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