The First Century of Methodism in Canada, 1. köideW. Briggs, 1908 |
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... the Atlantic and assisted in founding Methodism in New York . After a few years there , a short stay and some good work near Lake Champlain a with Samuel Embury as leader . Near his home 23 Beginnings in Lower and Upper Canada.
... the Atlantic and assisted in founding Methodism in New York . After a few years there , a short stay and some good work near Lake Champlain a with Samuel Embury as leader . Near his home 23 Beginnings in Lower and Upper Canada.
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... lakes , resolved to brave the perils of the wilderness under the flag they loved . In February , 1791 , Losee was on his new field taking up appointments in Kingston , Ernestown , Fredericks- burgh , Adolphustown and Prince Edward . The ...
... lakes , resolved to brave the perils of the wilderness under the flag they loved . In February , 1791 , Losee was on his new field taking up appointments in Kingston , Ernestown , Fredericks- burgh , Adolphustown and Prince Edward . The ...
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... Lake , Robert Clarke , Jacob Miller and others . So soon as the churches were closed in , without doors or internal fin- ishing , they were used for worship . Unpretentious as they were , they were the typical precursors of the thou ...
... Lake , Robert Clarke , Jacob Miller and others . So soon as the churches were closed in , without doors or internal fin- ishing , they were used for worship . Unpretentious as they were , they were the typical precursors of the thou ...
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... lake fever . When recovering , a flock of wild turkeys supplied food for many days . Other men in quest of land arrived and helped to build the house , in which my mother felt as if in a palace . A cow was bought , goods collected ...
... lake fever . When recovering , a flock of wild turkeys supplied food for many days . Other men in quest of land arrived and helped to build the house , in which my mother felt as if in a palace . A cow was bought , goods collected ...
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... Lake Erie , through Tilbury , Romney , Mersea , Gosfield , Colchester and Amherst- burgh to Detroit . In the autumn fever and ague com- pelled him to withdraw to Niagara . His long journeys had not been without trying exposures and ...
... Lake Erie , through Tilbury , Romney , Mersea , Gosfield , Colchester and Amherst- burgh to Detroit . In the autumn fever and ague com- pelled him to withdraw to Niagara . His long journeys had not been without trying exposures and ...
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Page 282 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole' Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 361 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.
Page 337 - The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Page 417 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Page 171 - When it is considered that the religious teachers of the other denominations of Christians, a very few respectable Ministers of the Church of Scotland excepted, come almost universally from the Republican States of America, where they gather their knowledge and form their, sentiments...
Page 245 - The system of education which has produced the best and ablest men in the United Kingdom will not be abandoned here to suit the limited views of the leaders of societies who perhaps have neither experience nor judgment to appreciate the value or advantages of a liberal education...
Page 339 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: — Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them
Page 327 - The General Conference shall elect a Bishop ; and the Elders, or any three of them, who shall be appointed by the General Conference for that purpose, shall ordain him according to our form of ordination.
Page 112 - Saw ye not the cloud arise, Little as a human hand ? Now it spreads along the skies, Hangs o'er all the thirsty land ; Lo ! the promise of a shower Drops already from above ; But the Lord will shortly pour All the Spirit of his love ! 219 55 511, $5511.
Page 96 - As far as it respects civil affairs, we believe it the duty of Christians, and especially all Christian ministers, to be subject to the supreme authority of the country where they may reside, and to use all laudable means to enjoin obedience to the powers that be ; and therefore it is expected that all our preachers and people, who may be under the British or any other government, will behave themselves as peaceable and orderly subjects.