Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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T. Mason and G. Lane, 1858 - Methodist conferences

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Page 38 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 38 - Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Page 329 - Tis not a cause of small import The pastor's care demands ; But what might fill an angel's heart, And filled a Saviour's hands. 3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord Did heavenly bliss forego ; For souls which must for ever live In raptures or in wo.
Page iv - Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Page 38 - If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto Godliness.
Page 221 - To this end he directed his thoughts and his efforts. Immediately on leaving college he was employed in an academy at White Plains, then under the patronage of the New York conference. But before the close of the year he was elected Professor of Ancient Languages in the Cazenovia Seminary, where he had pursued his preparatory studies.
Page 293 - It would be easier t'o turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from the path of honor.
Page 292 - He continued to breathe till about a quarter p^.st 12 o'clock, when, without a struggle or a groan, he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus.
Page 7 - His mind now became more impressed with the conviction that it was his duty to devote himself to the ministry of the word.
Page 154 - What amounts are necessary for the Superannuated Preachers, and the widows and orphans of Preachers, and to make up the deficiencies of those who have not obtained their regular allowance on the circuits ? 15. What has been collected on the foregoing accounts, and how has it been applied ? 16.

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