Memorial Sketches of the Rev. David Brown: with a Selection of His Sermons: Preached at Calcutta ... |
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... hand in an entire state , would have been a just speci- men of his labours , and a valuable acquisition to the Christian world ; but , being only un- connected parts of different sets , they would have appeared to extreme disadvantage ...
... hand in an entire state , would have been a just speci- men of his labours , and a valuable acquisition to the Christian world ; but , being only un- connected parts of different sets , they would have appeared to extreme disadvantage ...
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... hand her to a pew ! She was perfectly serious in urging this difficulty , and on its being removed by an immediate offer from a gentleman who was present , to usher her into the church , she accepted the engage- ment to go the following ...
... hand her to a pew ! She was perfectly serious in urging this difficulty , and on its being removed by an immediate offer from a gentleman who was present , to usher her into the church , she accepted the engage- ment to go the following ...
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... modest estimate of their merit made him do this with very sparing reluctance . He * One letter to this effect is admitted in the Extracts from Correspondence . He preferred placing in their hands , such discourses of MEMORIAL SKETCHES . 29.
... modest estimate of their merit made him do this with very sparing reluctance . He * One letter to this effect is admitted in the Extracts from Correspondence . He preferred placing in their hands , such discourses of MEMORIAL SKETCHES . 29.
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... hands , such discourses of living and former ministers as he could not scruple to commend for sterling worth ; and took the pains to have a number copied for private circulation . Some of these were his brother - chaplains ...
... hands , such discourses of living and former ministers as he could not scruple to commend for sterling worth ; and took the pains to have a number copied for private circulation . Some of these were his brother - chaplains ...
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... hands of those , whose religious difficulties he could not remove , some books or extracts selected by him with a view to their case ; or private letters to himself from pious friends ; which methods have frequently been made eminently ...
... hands of those , whose religious difficulties he could not remove , some books or extracts selected by him with a view to their case ; or private letters to himself from pious friends ; which methods have frequently been made eminently ...
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Page 476 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 447 - Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Page 406 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 386 - I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Page 342 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Page 162 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 174 - When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Page 171 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 385 - 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 481 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.