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, 1813 - 336 Seiten |
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... mean opinion of his talent for poetry . It certainly was not the art in which he most excelled . Though an individual may have a power of rhyming sufficient for throwing his feel- ings into tolerably easy verse , yet something more than ...
... mean opinion of his talent for poetry . It certainly was not the art in which he most excelled . Though an individual may have a power of rhyming sufficient for throwing his feel- ings into tolerably easy verse , yet something more than ...
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... mean time he applied himself with surpris- ing diligence to the acquisition of knowledge . In his favourite pursuit he met with the most impor- tant aid , from the valuable friendship of the late Rev. Ebenezer White , then the pastor of ...
... mean time he applied himself with surpris- ing diligence to the acquisition of knowledge . In his favourite pursuit he met with the most impor- tant aid , from the valuable friendship of the late Rev. Ebenezer White , then the pastor of ...
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... means of more ample instruction , by sending him to the best school his native town supplied . Approba- tion cannot be expressed in language too unqualified of the conduct , in this respect , pursued by the pa- rents of this amiable ...
... means of more ample instruction , by sending him to the best school his native town supplied . Approba- tion cannot be expressed in language too unqualified of the conduct , in this respect , pursued by the pa- rents of this amiable ...
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... Mean- while business languished , and his father was desir- ous of seeing him comfortably settled . Their mu- tual anxiety increasing to impatience , and his father reading on the cover of a Magazine an advertise- ment for a situation ...
... Mean- while business languished , and his father was desir- ous of seeing him comfortably settled . Their mu- tual anxiety increasing to impatience , and his father reading on the cover of a Magazine an advertise- ment for a situation ...
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... means of doing more good than those of great talents - and what is the reason of this ? Even so , Father , for so it seemed good in And you , thy sight , is all that we must say . my worthy friend , should also remember , that as yet ...
... means of doing more good than those of great talents - and what is the reason of this ? Even so , Father , for so it seemed good in And you , thy sight , is all that we must say . my worthy friend , should also remember , that as yet ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
academy admiration affection affectionate afford afternoon amiable Antinomian appear appointed ardent attention behold believe blessing Brighton chapel character Christ Christian church circumstances congregation conversation DEAR FRIEND death delight desire discourse divine divine grace duties early engaged enjoy eternal excellent excited expressed faith father favour feel friendship give glory gospel grace HADDON happy Harwich hear heard heart heaven Henry Forster Henry Kirke White Hertford holy Holy Spirit honour hope Hordle Hoxton Hoxton Academy impression interesting JOHN HADDON Joseph Fletcher labours letter live Liverpool ment mind minister ministry morning never pastor perhaps piety pious pleasing pleasure pray prayer preached preacher pulpit Quintilian religion respect Roydon Sabbath sacred salvation Saviour scenes scriptures sermon shew sincerely solemn soul Spirit student talents things THOMAS SPENCER thou tion town unto whilst wish young your's youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 312 - 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.
Seite 198 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. " For verily I say unto you that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Seite 254 - 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...
Seite 255 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Seite 117 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Seite 108 - Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.
Seite 12 - 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 moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem.
Seite 311 - And they said one to another: Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Seite 159 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Seite 320 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.