History of the Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church: From the Organization of the Missionary Society to the Present TimeL. Swormstedt & J.H. Power, 1850 - 338 pages |
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... felt , it expels that selfishness which is fed and strengthened by avarice ; and this divine principle , occupying the heart , prompts its possessor to the selection of the most suitable means to accomplish the object of its desire ...
... felt , it expels that selfishness which is fed and strengthened by avarice ; and this divine principle , occupying the heart , prompts its possessor to the selection of the most suitable means to accomplish the object of its desire ...
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... felt warranted in contributing . " Cape Palmas . - This colony bids fair to be the most flourishing and important part of your mission in western Africa . I spent nearly three months there , during the year , and had every facility for ...
... felt warranted in contributing . " Cape Palmas . - This colony bids fair to be the most flourishing and important part of your mission in western Africa . I spent nearly three months there , during the year , and had every facility for ...
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... felt himself at a loss how to act in the case . Un- willing , however , to let so favorable an opportunity of filling up our mission schools pass without improvement , and , at the same time , hesitating to assume , without authority ...
... felt himself at a loss how to act in the case . Un- willing , however , to let so favorable an opportunity of filling up our mission schools pass without improvement , and , at the same time , hesitating to assume , without authority ...
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... felt for these rescued captives . Ac- companying these donations have been , in many instances , letters , expressive of the strong and cherished sympathies of the donors for the wretched sufferers , and the most earnest desire for ...
... felt for these rescued captives . Ac- companying these donations have been , in many instances , letters , expressive of the strong and cherished sympathies of the donors for the wretched sufferers , and the most earnest desire for ...
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... felt that ' woe , ' which had followed his soul fourteen years before , to follow him if he preached not the Gospel . He knew his duty , and he knew that to return to that duty was his only path to the favor of God . The struggle was ...
... felt that ' woe , ' which had followed his soul fourteen years before , to follow him if he preached not the Gospel . He knew his duty , and he knew that to return to that duty was his only path to the favor of God . The struggle was ...
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Page 318 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 212 - ... forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 212 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Page 307 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures ; and said unto them ; Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 304 - Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Page 326 - Mohammedanism is denying his divinity, and is placing an impostor in his stead — will you not attest that there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved...
Page 307 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Page 277 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
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Page 252 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.