The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley ...J. Mason, 1841 - Methodism |
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... received valuable assistance in preparing this work for the press . To Miss Tooth , of Stamford - hill , his acknowledgments are especially due . From early life this lady was one of the most intimate friends of Miss Wesley , and her ...
... received valuable assistance in preparing this work for the press . To Miss Tooth , of Stamford - hill , his acknowledgments are especially due . From early life this lady was one of the most intimate friends of Miss Wesley , and her ...
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... received from their intelligent and devout mother , and in the salutary discipline to which she subjected them at the outset of life . They were trained to habits of regularity , diligence , order , self - denial , honesty , benevolence ...
... received from their intelligent and devout mother , and in the salutary discipline to which she subjected them at the outset of life . They were trained to habits of regularity , diligence , order , self - denial , honesty , benevolence ...
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... received the sacrament so long , yet I never knew what true religion was , till God sent me that excellent treatise by the hands of my never - to - be - forgotten friend . " At my first reading it , I wondered what the author meant by ...
... received the sacrament so long , yet I never knew what true religion was , till God sent me that excellent treatise by the hands of my never - to - be - forgotten friend . " At my first reading it , I wondered what the author meant by ...
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... received every Sunday at Christ- Church . I joined with them in fasting Wednesdays and Fridays , and left no means unused which I thought would lead me nearer to Jesus Christ . " Regular retirement , morning and evening , at first I ...
... received every Sunday at Christ- Church . I joined with them in fasting Wednesdays and Fridays , and left no means unused which I thought would lead me nearer to Jesus Christ . " Regular retirement , morning and evening , at first I ...
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... received the sacrament publicly on a week - day , at St. Mary's , but I was set up as a mark for all the polite students that knew me to shoot at . By this they knew that I was com- menced Methodist ; for though there is a sacrament at ...
... received the sacrament publicly on a week - day , at St. Mary's , but I was set up as a mark for all the polite students that knew me to shoot at . By this they knew that I was com- menced Methodist ; for though there is a sacrament at ...
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Page 550 - The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Page 302 - Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us : for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree...
Page 461 - Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Page 136 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 188 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Page 509 - 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 320 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 542 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Page 132 - For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness : because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Page 454 - Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see : but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people ; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.