History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of Its Existence: From 1817-1917 |
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... continued to live without flesh - food much longer , would unquestionably have to be shut up in some insane- asylum . All was unavailing . Instead of sinking into consumption , I gained several pounds in weight during the first few ...
... continued to live without flesh - food much longer , would unquestionably have to be shut up in some insane- asylum . All was unavailing . Instead of sinking into consumption , I gained several pounds in weight during the first few ...
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... continued to preach , and added to his labors by availing himself of every social means , and also the newspaper- press , and tracts , to diffuse a knowledge of the doctrines of Bible - Christianity . It is well known that the churches ...
... continued to preach , and added to his labors by availing himself of every social means , and also the newspaper- press , and tracts , to diffuse a knowledge of the doctrines of Bible - Christianity . It is well known that the churches ...
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... continued his school for a time , however , in the central part of the city , -No . 7 Pear Street . In the meantime , my mother opened a school at our residence , which was numerously patronized , so that my father's aid was absolutely ...
... continued his school for a time , however , in the central part of the city , -No . 7 Pear Street . In the meantime , my mother opened a school at our residence , which was numerously patronized , so that my father's aid was absolutely ...
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... continued to labor in the service of the Lord , and , as he himself remarked , " It was his joy , and most his joy when most laborious . " And now we approach the close of this long life of incessant activity . Since his return from ...
... continued to labor in the service of the Lord , and , as he himself remarked , " It was his joy , and most his joy when most laborious . " And now we approach the close of this long life of incessant activity . Since his return from ...
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... continued to gain strength , and was sitting up during most of the day . On Thursday he had been visited by all his children , and his blessing had been bestowed upon them with more than usual serenity . Some remained and took tea with ...
... continued to gain strength , and was sitting up during most of the day . On Thursday he had been visited by all his children , and his blessing had been bestowed upon them with more than usual serenity . Some remained and took tea with ...
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Page 163 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 6 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them...
Page 188 - ... such as these hang over the farm. Death is natural, I own, and without it this world would be cursed with life, but when it comes at the edge of the cold and sharpened steel, at the behest of man's perverted appetite and cruel will, and strikes the young and lusty and vigorous, — when death is made the chief end of life, and life becomes the handmaid of death, and nature is prostituted to the express manufacture of fattened corpses, then is death hideous indeed...
Page 35 - The principles of the Christian religion as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good, and to do to others as they would have others do to them.