Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and EntertainingJ. C. Riker, 1831 - Anecdotes |
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... called the searching preacher . Preaching once at Warborough , near Oxford , a man was so much affected with his first prayer , that he ran home , and desir- ed his wife to get ready and come to church , for there was one in the pul ...
... called the searching preacher . Preaching once at Warborough , near Oxford , a man was so much affected with his first prayer , that he ran home , and desir- ed his wife to get ready and come to church , for there was one in the pul ...
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... called the herald who had carried his banner before him in all his battles ; he commanded him to fasten to the top of a lance the shroud in which the dying prince was soon to be buried . Go , ' said he , ' carry the lance , unfurl this ...
... called the herald who had carried his banner before him in all his battles ; he commanded him to fasten to the top of a lance the shroud in which the dying prince was soon to be buried . Go , ' said he , ' carry the lance , unfurl this ...
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... called for the Bible , by , observe its progress ; the dying and said , " Turn to the 8th chapter man watches their looks ; he sus- to the Romans , and set my finger on pects his case to be desperate . The the words - ' I am persuaded ...
... called for the Bible , by , observe its progress ; the dying and said , " Turn to the 8th chapter man watches their looks ; he sus- to the Romans , and set my finger on pects his case to be desperate . The the words - ' I am persuaded ...
Page 31
... called to reside ; and , amidst the civil wars , which were then so hot in France , he had most convincing de- liverances from many imminent ha- zards , when he was called to be pre- sent sometimes with the Protestant Princes upon the ...
... called to reside ; and , amidst the civil wars , which were then so hot in France , he had most convincing de- liverances from many imminent ha- zards , when he was called to be pre- sent sometimes with the Protestant Princes upon the ...
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... numerous the quibbles of disputants , that it has , with great propriety , been called a thorny path . Sir Henry Wotton so disliked it , that he ordered the following inscrip- tion to be put ENTERTAINING ANECDOTES . 33.
... numerous the quibbles of disputants , that it has , with great propriety , been called a thorny path . Sir Henry Wotton so disliked it , that he ordered the following inscrip- tion to be put ENTERTAINING ANECDOTES . 33.
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Page 38 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 38 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 26 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 66 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 11 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt, more or less, in every country ; I hope he will anticipate his final reward, by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own.
Page 67 - And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Page 180 - He was once a man, and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest; for by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very thinking substance has for more than seven years been continually wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly come to nothing.
Page 187 - He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 71 - Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace .all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen...
Page 98 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.