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Page 140
... heart ! The harmony of heaven is in it , and discovers its author . The parable of the prodigal son was the portion . I saw myself in that glass so clearly , and the loving kindness of my slighted and forgotten Lord , that the whole ...
... heart ! The harmony of heaven is in it , and discovers its author . The parable of the prodigal son was the portion . I saw myself in that glass so clearly , and the loving kindness of my slighted and forgotten Lord , that the whole ...
Page 184
... heart , and his love of Nature . About his warmth of heart there is no dispute . All his biographers recognise that he craved in friend- ship a more than normal touch of intimacy . It was hardly likely , then , that one of his devout ...
... heart , and his love of Nature . About his warmth of heart there is no dispute . All his biographers recognise that he craved in friend- ship a more than normal touch of intimacy . It was hardly likely , then , that one of his devout ...
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... heart , and much also upon the time in which a man lives . Wesley in his own sphere was a rationalist ; but we have seen how , confronted with the impossibility of squaring his experi- mental knowledge of salvation with certain passages ...
... heart , and much also upon the time in which a man lives . Wesley in his own sphere was a rationalist ; but we have seen how , confronted with the impossibility of squaring his experi- mental knowledge of salvation with certain passages ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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