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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... thing so very peculiar in Meth- odism , apart from the evangelical Christianity found in the various religious denominations of our country , requiring us to exalt our Church , or her institutions , above every other . To claim that she ...
... thing so very peculiar in Meth- odism , apart from the evangelical Christianity found in the various religious denominations of our country , requiring us to exalt our Church , or her institutions , above every other . To claim that she ...
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... thing which they can call their own , and the contents of their valise , or saddle - bags , the sum total of their other earthly possessions . If , within the period I have mentioned , a traveler on the western frontiers had met a ...
... thing which they can call their own , and the contents of their valise , or saddle - bags , the sum total of their other earthly possessions . If , within the period I have mentioned , a traveler on the western frontiers had met a ...
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... - to some an alarming and ruinous state of - things - the receipts amounted to upward of fourteen thousand dollars , more than double the amount received at any former period . If any one will take the CHAP . II . ] 63 DOMESTIC MISSIONS .
... - to some an alarming and ruinous state of - things - the receipts amounted to upward of fourteen thousand dollars , more than double the amount received at any former period . If any one will take the CHAP . II . ] 63 DOMESTIC MISSIONS .
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... thing is quite evident , and that is , that they are but the mere remnant of a race once numerous and powerful , as " the grand old woods " in which they roamed , before the axe of civilization had marred its beauty , or the hand of art ...
... thing is quite evident , and that is , that they are but the mere remnant of a race once numerous and powerful , as " the grand old woods " in which they roamed , before the axe of civilization had marred its beauty , or the hand of art ...
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... things of God , announced in strains of simple eloquence - like the soft , sweet breath of summer— subdued and melted their hearts ; and many were brought , through his ministrations , to the foot of the cross , and found redemption in ...
... things of God , announced in strains of simple eloquence - like the soft , sweet breath of summer— subdued and melted their hearts ; and many were brought , through his ministrations , to the foot of the cross , and found redemption in ...
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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.
Page 50 - To hold, purchase, and convey such real and personal estate as the purposes of the Corporation shall require, not exceeding the amount limited in the Charter.
Page 252 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.