Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn ...Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker & Brewster, no. 50, Cornhill, 1820 - 490 pages |
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... cause " in which Mr. Martyn lived and died ; and , truly , if the example here delineated should excite any of those servants of Christ to similar exertion , or if it should animate and encourage them , amidst the multiplied ...
... cause " in which Mr. Martyn lived and died ; and , truly , if the example here delineated should excite any of those servants of Christ to similar exertion , or if it should animate and encourage them , amidst the multiplied ...
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John Sargent. · Difficulties respecting the introduction of books into the schools - Other causes of disquietude - His faith and patience and prudence Mr. Martyn draws up arguments against the Koran , and is called to decide a question ...
John Sargent. · Difficulties respecting the introduction of books into the schools - Other causes of disquietude - His faith and patience and prudence Mr. Martyn draws up arguments against the Koran , and is called to decide a question ...
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... cause of this preference , it certainly did not arise from any predilection for mathematics ; for in the autumn before he went to Cambridge , instead of the study of Euclid and Algebra , he confesses that one part of the day was ...
... cause of this preference , it certainly did not arise from any predilection for mathematics ; for in the autumn before he went to Cambridge , instead of the study of Euclid and Algebra , he confesses that one part of the day was ...
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... cause of his receiving these convictions . How poignant were his sufferings under this affliction , may be seen in the account he himself has left of it : - from whence it is evident , that it was not only a season of severe but of ...
... cause of his receiving these convictions . How poignant were his sufferings under this affliction , may be seen in the account he himself has left of it : - from whence it is evident , that it was not only a season of severe but of ...
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... cause . Soon however I began to attend more diligently to the words of our Savior in the New Testament , and to devour them with delight : when the offers of mercy and forgiveness were made so freely , I sup- plicated to be made ...
... cause . Soon however I began to attend more diligently to the words of our Savior in the New Testament , and to devour them with delight : when the offers of mercy and forgiveness were made so freely , I sup- plicated to be made ...
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Page 115 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 283 - And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Page 126 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 75 - A good name is more fragrant than rich perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of one's birth.
Page 106 - Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee : for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Page 127 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 437 - Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Page 160 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 50 - Scripture ; that warrants us sufficiently, for it informs us that it is ' God that worketh in us, both to will and to do, of his good pleasure...
Page 82 - The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.