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Page 115
... heart was " full of love to all the congregation , ' especially to " a grave and sober person " who sat beside him and sang the psalm in a manner befitting his holy employment : " " " Though my own voice was silent , being stopt by the ...
... heart was " full of love to all the congregation , ' especially to " a grave and sober person " who sat beside him and sang the psalm in a manner befitting his holy employment : " " " Though my own voice was silent , being stopt by the ...
Page 155
... heart , and his love of Nature . About his warmth of heart there is no dispute . All his biographers recognise that he craved in friendship 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 friendship a more than normal touch of intimacy . It was hardly likely , then , that one of his devout ...
Page 161
... heart . To trust the heart too much is , generally speaking , as dangerous as excessively trusting the head . But much depends upon the particular heart , and much also upon the time in which a man lives . Wesley in his own sphere was a ...
... heart . To trust the heart too much is , generally speaking , as dangerous as excessively trusting the head . But much depends upon the particular heart , and much also upon the time in which a man lives . Wesley in his own sphere was a ...
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Introductory 11 12 | 11 |
An Extramundane and his World | 23 |
Childhood and Youth | 45 |
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