Popular preachers. Rev. W. Morley Punshon |
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... cause surprise in some quarters at our distinct declaration that the progress of science is an advantage to the preacher of the Gospel . But we deliberately repeat the statement ; and add , that it appears to us so obviously valid that ...
... cause surprise in some quarters at our distinct declaration that the progress of science is an advantage to the preacher of the Gospel . But we deliberately repeat the statement ; and add , that it appears to us so obviously valid that ...
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... cause in the district . In a worldly vour - wielding a blessed influence - failing oft , point of view , his father was successful , and he but ceasing never - ripening with the lapse of enjoyed every advantage of a gentle up - bring ...
... cause in the district . In a worldly vour - wielding a blessed influence - failing oft , point of view , his father was successful , and he but ceasing never - ripening with the lapse of enjoyed every advantage of a gentle up - bring ...
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... cause , and a token of esteem for his character and respect for his genius . He exhibited a reluctance to accept the testimonial , which no one who has learned to understand him will doubt to have been sincere , but his friends wisely ...
... cause , and a token of esteem for his character and respect for his genius . He exhibited a reluctance to accept the testimonial , which no one who has learned to understand him will doubt to have been sincere , but his friends wisely ...
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... cause is good ; we need not be ashamed of it ; to preach God's word is so good a work , that we shall be well rewarded if we suffer for that . ' Accordingly he was cast into prison . After seven weeks ' imprisonment the session was held ...
... cause is good ; we need not be ashamed of it ; to preach God's word is so good a work , that we shall be well rewarded if we suffer for that . ' Accordingly he was cast into prison . After seven weeks ' imprisonment the session was held ...
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... caused to waver- ' the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England ' at Landen - the acute diplo- matist who held his trust with even - handed wisdom —the faithful friend , who when he loved once , loved for a lifetime ...
... caused to waver- ' the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England ' at Landen - the acute diplo- matist who held his trust with even - handed wisdom —the faithful friend , who when he loved once , loved for a lifetime ...
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Page 22 - Know ye not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost, which is within you ? Again he saith, You are not in the flesh, but in the spirit.
Page 15 - No, by no means, I will not stir, neither will I have the meeting dismissed for this. Come, be of good cheer; let us not be daunted; our cause is good, we need not be ashamed of it; to preach God's Word, is so good a work, that we shall be well rewarded, if we suffer for that...
Page 15 - God of his mercy should choose me to go upon the forlorn hope in this country; that is, to be the first, that should be opposed, for the gospel ; if I should fly, it might be a discouragement to the whole body that might follow after.
Page 15 - ... end, if you do not submit to go to church to hear divine service and leave your preaching, you must be banished the realm ; and if after such a day as shall be appointed you to be gone, you shall be found in this realm, or be found to come over again without special licence from the king, you must stretch by the neck for it, I tell you plainly ; ' — and so he bid my jailer have me away.
Page 15 - You must be had back again to prison, and there lie for three months following ; and at three months' end, if you do not submit to go to church to hear divine service, and leave your preaching, you must be banished the realm ; and if, after such a day as shall be appointed you to be gone, you shall be found in this realm...
Page 19 - Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory...
Page 20 - Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; and if they hear not Moses and the prophets neither would they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
Page 19 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be ; but we know that when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Page 15 - I told him, as to this matter, I was at a point with him; for if I were out of prison today, I would preach the Gospel again tomorrow, by the help of God.
Page 12 - ... faithful to duty — to open the world's dim eye to the majesty of conscience — to gather and instruct the orphans bereft of a father's blessing and of a mother's prayer — to care for the outcast and abandoned, who have drunk in iniquity with their mother's milk, whom the priest and the...