Wesley the worthy [by O.T. Dobbin] and Wesley the Catholic [by C. Adams].Ward, 1852 - 129 páginas |
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... Divine charity are falling , to revive the fading graces of Christianity ; and that , where the mission of so many appears to be to wound and divide , that of some , at least , is to unite and heal ! For the brief Introduction , the ...
... Divine charity are falling , to revive the fading graces of Christianity ; and that , where the mission of so many appears to be to wound and divide , that of some , at least , is to unite and heal ! For the brief Introduction , the ...
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... Divine charity are falling , to revive the fading graces of Christianity ; and that , where the mission of so many appears to be to wound and divide , that of some , at least , is to unite and heal ! For the brief Introduction , the ...
... Divine charity are falling , to revive the fading graces of Christianity ; and that , where the mission of so many appears to be to wound and divide , that of some , at least , is to unite and heal ! For the brief Introduction , the ...
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... in the balances of heaven , the existing ministry throughout the country was found at that period , as to its most exalted aims and divine results , utterly wanting . We are not blind to the subor- 10 WESLEY THE WORTHY .
... in the balances of heaven , the existing ministry throughout the country was found at that period , as to its most exalted aims and divine results , utterly wanting . We are not blind to the subor- 10 WESLEY THE WORTHY .
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... divine prosed away his quarter of an hour , enforcing his old and only theme . No wonder that enlightened piety was revolted , and religion starved , by such poverty - stricken fare as this ; yet there is reason to believe this to be a ...
... divine prosed away his quarter of an hour , enforcing his old and only theme . No wonder that enlightened piety was revolted , and religion starved , by such poverty - stricken fare as this ; yet there is reason to believe this to be a ...
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... divine the day by consulting their almanacks for the birthday of our gracious Queen , in the year of our Lord 1848. This occasion , as we are loyalists to the very core of our nature , we never fail to observe as a holiday , we and all ...
... divine the day by consulting their almanacks for the birthday of our gracious Queen , in the year of our Lord 1848. This occasion , as we are loyalists to the very core of our nature , we never fail to observe as a holiday , we and all ...
Términos y frases comunes
action becomes believe better bishop blessing body called career Catholic character charity child Christ Christian Church circumstances communion course death distinctive divine doctrine duty early England Establishment existing fact faith father feel fellowship gave give grace hand happy head heart heaven Holy human Jesus John Wesley labour less living look Lord matter means measure Methodism Methodist mind minister ministry moral mother nature necessity never object observe opinions parties pass period poor position prayer preach present principle profession question received religion religious respect salvation Scripture sect seemed sense sermon society soul speak spirit stand strong sufficient things thou thought tion true truth understand views Wesley's whole witness
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...