Wesley the worthy [by O.T. Dobbin] and Wesley the Catholic [by C. Adams].Ward, 1852 - 129 páginas |
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Página ix
... become a study . John Wesley is , therefore , increasingly an object of attention ; and thoughtful men desire to know the springs of his power . Great works ever reflect back upon their authors the interest they have themselves excited ...
... become a study . John Wesley is , therefore , increasingly an object of attention ; and thoughtful men desire to know the springs of his power . Great works ever reflect back upon their authors the interest they have themselves excited ...
Página 23
... becomes a reasonable creature , and a good Christian . " Would there were more such mothers addressing their sons in this strain , in prospect of the awful responsibilities of the ministerial office ; then might we confidently hope for ...
... becomes a reasonable creature , and a good Christian . " Would there were more such mothers addressing their sons in this strain , in prospect of the awful responsibilities of the ministerial office ; then might we confidently hope for ...
Página 44
... becomes a Christian he is inducted into a fraternity , made free of a sodality and guild , with the interests of which he becomes so inti- mately bound up , that his pulse dances in its health and languishes in its decay . The figure of ...
... becomes a Christian he is inducted into a fraternity , made free of a sodality and guild , with the interests of which he becomes so inti- mately bound up , that his pulse dances in its health and languishes in its decay . The figure of ...
Página 48
... becomes by birth , but a member of a church only by a second birth . Generation is his title to the one , regeneration to the other . The one is a natural accident , the other a moral state . Citi- zens are the sons of the soil ...
... becomes by birth , but a member of a church only by a second birth . Generation is his title to the one , regeneration to the other . The one is a natural accident , the other a moral state . Citi- zens are the sons of the soil ...
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... becomes identified with the world . But neither to glorify their founder by their closer combination , nor for self - complacent admiration , nor to be a gazing - stock for the multitude , nor for the tittle tattle of mutual gossipry ...
... becomes identified with the world . But neither to glorify their founder by their closer combination , nor for self - complacent admiration , nor to be a gazing - stock for the multitude , nor for the tittle tattle of mutual gossipry ...
Términos y frases comunes
amid apostle Arminian baptism believe bias of prejudice bishop blessing body called Calvinist career catholic spirit catholicism character charity child Christian Church Catholic Church of Christ Church of England circumstances communion death divine doctrine duty earnest ecclesiastical Episcopacy Epworth Establishment eternal fact faith father fcap fellowship founder of Methodism give glory godliness Gospel grace hand happy heart heaven Holy human irreligion itinerant John Wesley justification by faith labour living look Lord Jesus ment Methodist Episcopal Church mind minister ministry moral mother nature necessity ness never nonconformist object opinions ordination parish piety poor pray prayer preach prejudice draws present the bias profession racter religious reviving of religion salvation Scripture sect sectarian sermon society soul speak theology things thou thought tion true truth views Wesley's Wesleyan Wesleyan theology whole witness word Wroote
Pasajes populares
Página 45 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in His presence.
Página 87 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Página 53 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling...
Página 58 - Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!
Página 48 - Such a society is no other than " a company of men having the form and seeking the power of godliness, united in order to pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over one another in love, that they may help each other to work out their salvation.
Página 7 - For here the patriarchal days are not A pastoral fable— pipes in the liberal air, Mix'd with the sweet bells of the sauntering herd; My soul would drink those echoes. Oh, that I were The viewless spirit of a lovely sound, A living voice, a breathing harmony, A bodiless enjoyment— born and dying With the blest tone which made me!
Página 43 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Página 47 - The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Página 82 - Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Página 68 - I call it, and it comes, day or night ? 4. To my having constantly, for above sixty years, risen at four in the morning? 5. To my constant preaching at five in the morning, for above fifty years ? 6. To my having had so little pain in my life, and so little sorrow or anxious care ? Even now, though I find pain daily in my eye, temple, or arm, yet it is never violent, and seldom lasts many minutes at a time. ' Whether or not this is sent to give me warning that I am shortly to quit this tabernacle...