Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn ...Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker & Brewster, no. 50, Cornhill, 1820 - 490 pages |
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... 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 matter , it has been my anxious wish and sin- cere prayer , that it might prove subservient to the interests ...
... 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 matter , it has been my anxious wish and sin- cere prayer , that it might prove subservient to the interests ...
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... himself is very striking . Speaking of June 1799 ,, he says , * ( the friend alluded to before ) attempted to persuade me that I ought to attend to reading , not for the praise of ** men , but for the glory of God . This 20 MEMOIR OF.
... himself is very striking . Speaking of June 1799 ,, he says , * ( the friend alluded to before ) attempted to persuade me that I ought to attend to reading , not for the praise of ** men , but for the glory of God . This 20 MEMOIR OF.
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... speak before the whole world ? The Gownsman I mentioned , so far from being offended , has been thanking me for what I said , and is so seriously impressed with the awful circumstances of death ; that I am in hopes it may be the ...
... speak before the whole world ? The Gownsman I mentioned , so far from being offended , has been thanking me for what I said , and is so seriously impressed with the awful circumstances of death ; that I am in hopes it may be the ...
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... speak of himself in the strongest terms of self - condemnation , will appear incongruous to those only who forget that the prophet , who uttered in the presence of Jehovah the words of submissive devotion , " Here am I , send me ...
... speak of himself in the strongest terms of self - condemnation , will appear incongruous to those only who forget that the prophet , who uttered in the presence of Jehovah the words of submissive devotion , " Here am I , send me ...
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... speaking for the good of others , or assisting a poor person , then it makes a thousand foolish excuses . It would rather go on wrapt in self , and leave the world to perish . Ah ! what a heart is mine ! The indistinctness of my view of ...
... speaking for the good of others , or assisting a poor person , then it makes a thousand foolish excuses . It would rather go on wrapt in self , and leave the world to perish . Ah ! what a heart is mine ! The indistinctness of my view of ...
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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.