George Whitefield: a Biography: With Special Reference to His Labors in AmericaAmerican Tract Society, 1857 - 514 من الصفحات |
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... called to their eternal reward , leaving very few men of like spirit behind them . Thus infidelity , profligacy , and formalism almost universally prevailed . The low state of religion in the established church at that time may be ...
... called to their eternal reward , leaving very few men of like spirit behind them . Thus infidelity , profligacy , and formalism almost universally prevailed . The low state of religion in the established church at that time may be ...
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... called in Welsh Achwaren - gamp , in which all the young men of the neighborhood had a trial of strength , and the people assembled from the surrounding country to witness their feats . On a Saturday night , particularly in the summer ...
... called in Welsh Achwaren - gamp , in which all the young men of the neighborhood had a trial of strength , and the people assembled from the surrounding country to witness their feats . On a Saturday night , particularly in the summer ...
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... called Nosweithian cann , or singing eves ; that is , they met together and amused themselves by singing in turns to the harp , till the dawn of the Sabbath . These things , with the performance of rustic dramas , would occupy sometimes ...
... called Nosweithian cann , or singing eves ; that is , they met together and amused themselves by singing in turns to the harp , till the dawn of the Sabbath . These things , with the performance of rustic dramas , would occupy sometimes ...
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... called for in such a situation , it pleased God to renew his religious impressions , which induced him , at least at intervals , to attend with much earnestness to the concerns of his soul . From his childhood , Whitefield tells us , he ...
... called for in such a situation , it pleased God to renew his religious impressions , which induced him , at least at intervals , to attend with much earnestness to the concerns of his soul . From his childhood , Whitefield tells us , he ...
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... called Meth- odists . They were much talked of , and generally despised . Of this party , John Wesley , a Fellow of Lincoln college , and already in holy orders , was the leader , his brother Charles being also as warmly at- tached to ...
... called Meth- odists . They were much talked of , and generally despised . Of this party , John Wesley , a Fellow of Lincoln college , and already in holy orders , was the leader , his brother Charles being also as warmly at- tached to ...
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afterwards arrived attended believe Bethesda Bishop blessed Boston Bristol called Charles Wesley Charleston Christian church church of England congregation conversation Countess of Huntingdon crowded dear divine divine grace doctrines eminent England evangelist exhorted faith field friends gave George Whitefield Georgia Gilbert Tennent glory gospel grace hath hear heard hearers heart heaven holy honor hope Howel Harris hundred invited Jesus Christ labors Lady Huntingdon letter living London Lord Jesus meeting-house ministers ministry morning multitude never Old South church orphan-house orphans persons Philadelphia poor Portsmouth prayed prayer preached twice preacher pulpit received rejoiced religion religious remarkable Sabbath salvation Savannah says Scotland seemed sermon sinners solemn soon soul speak spirit success Tabernacle tears Tennent things thou thought thousand tion town truth voice week weeping Wesley White Whitefield preached word writes wrote young zeal
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الصفحة 135 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
الصفحة 483 - There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
الصفحة 135 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish — gold and all.
الصفحة 270 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
الصفحة 290 - God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power.
الصفحة 134 - I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street towards the river; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front-street, when some noise in that street obscured it.
الصفحة 90 - But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
الصفحة 11 - During the latter part of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries...
الصفحة 435 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
الصفحة 136 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company, who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, " At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now ; for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.