Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn ...Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker & Brewster, no. 50, Cornhill, 1820 - 490 pages |
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... present Memoir , throughout the whole of which I have endeavored , as much as possible , to let Mr. Martyn speak for himself , and thus exhibit a genuine pic- fure of his own mind . In making a selection from a mass of such valu- able ...
... present Memoir , throughout the whole of which I have endeavored , as much as possible , to let Mr. Martyn speak for himself , and thus exhibit a genuine pic- fure of his own mind . In making a selection from a mass of such valu- able ...
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... present , the latter prevailed : yet sisters , similarly circumstanced , may learn from this case not merely their duty , but from the final result , the success they may antici pate from the faithful discharge of it . " I think , " he ...
... present , the latter prevailed : yet sisters , similarly circumstanced , may learn from this case not merely their duty , but from the final result , the success they may antici pate from the faithful discharge of it . " I think , " he ...
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... present Christians esteem my life ! Dear Savior , I desire to be no more lukewarm , but to walk nigh to God , to be dead to the world and longing for the coming of Christ . " " I read Hebrew and the Greek of the Epistle to the Hebrews ...
... present Christians esteem my life ! Dear Savior , I desire to be no more lukewarm , but to walk nigh to God , to be dead to the world and longing for the coming of Christ . " " I read Hebrew and the Greek of the Epistle to the Hebrews ...
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... and beautiful . O how religion secures the heightened enjoyment of those pleasures which keep so many from God , by their becoming a source of pride . ” Unable at present to discern the cloud which should conduct 74 MEMOIR OF.
... and beautiful . O how religion secures the heightened enjoyment of those pleasures which keep so many from God , by their becoming a source of pride . ” Unable at present to discern the cloud which should conduct 74 MEMOIR OF.
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John Sargent. Unable at present to discern the cloud which should conduct him on his way , Mr. Martyn resumed his ministerial functions at Cambridge with ardor , but with a heavy heart . — The affairs of his family , affecting as they ...
John Sargent. Unable at present to discern the cloud which should conduct him on his way , Mr. Martyn resumed his ministerial functions at Cambridge with ardor , but with a heavy heart . — The affairs of his family , affecting as they ...
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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.