Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian. 1859R. Carter and brothers, 1859 - Baptists |
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Page 153 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house ; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
Page 375 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Page 153 - Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine House that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Page 240 - Shepherd supported and comforted him ; that he knew whom he had believed, and was persuaded that he was able to keep that which he had committed unto him against that day ; that, though heart and flesh were failing, God was the strength of his heart, and his portion for ever.
Page 501 - We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Page 278 - He was a good man, full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith, and much people was added unto the Lord.
Page 149 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Page 331 - On that occasion he preached a sermon, in connection with the administration of the conmmuion, on the text, " The love of Christ constraineth us." He began by asking each person in the house who had an interest at the throne of gra,ce to lift up his heart at that moment, and silently implore a blessing upon the preacher and the message he was about to deliver ; and though the request seemed to be heard with great attention and solemnity, it was so great a departure from what is commonly heard in...
Page 215 - ... never extremely gloomy, never extremely joyous. It differed surprisingly from the natural temperament of his mind. In the concerns of common life, he was the slave of sensibility, the mere child of circumstances. He knew this. His religious life appeared to himself a third estate, supernaturally called into existence in the empire of his soul, which created a distinct interest, to which all his affections were drawn ; and which, gradually progressing in strength and in influence, checked the...
Page 354 - The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the University of Pennsylvania in 1807.