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... less and less confidence as the years go on , and as the field of religious history is more carefully ex- amined . Thirty years have passed since the bold denuncia- tions of that Music Hall preacher troubled the churches of Boston and ...
... less and less confidence as the years go on , and as the field of religious history is more carefully ex- amined . Thirty years have passed since the bold denuncia- tions of that Music Hall preacher troubled the churches of Boston and ...
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... less so was that of Nineveh their material aggrandizement , their curious contrivances and conveniences of art and science , and especially the magnitude of their architectural inven- tions and constructions , make our modern cities ...
... less so was that of Nineveh their material aggrandizement , their curious contrivances and conveniences of art and science , and especially the magnitude of their architectural inven- tions and constructions , make our modern cities ...
Page 17
... less appalling than those of Judaism . The few men who were pre - eminent for goodness and greatness among these people , ever and anon were thoroughly disgusted and disheartened , and died with denuncia- tions upon their lips ...
... less appalling than those of Judaism . The few men who were pre - eminent for goodness and greatness among these people , ever and anon were thoroughly disgusted and disheartened , and died with denuncia- tions upon their lips ...
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... less , would be touched , and some deeply affected . While we were thus engaged in religion , a new and surprising scene opened upon us ; even such religious operations and appear- ances as engaged both the careless and the serious to ...
... less , would be touched , and some deeply affected . While we were thus engaged in religion , a new and surprising scene opened upon us ; even such religious operations and appear- ances as engaged both the careless and the serious to ...
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... less into this " field of divine wonders . " The membership of the Methodist church was aug- mented by more than one third . † Yale College , which had prided itself upon its infidelity , was thoroughly awakened and convicted ; more ...
... less into this " field of divine wonders . " The membership of the Methodist church was aug- mented by more than one third . † Yale College , which had prided itself upon its infidelity , was thoroughly awakened and convicted ; more ...
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Page 303 - And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said, let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Page 35 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Page 153 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 155 - Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 155 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 293 - And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Page 20 - When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Page 33 - What then ? are we better than they ? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin...
Page 261 - And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
Page 134 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.