Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the Late Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool: With an Appendix, Containing a Selection from His Papers, &cCharles Williams, and Samuel T. Armstrong, 1814 - 311 pages |
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... mind , from which a thoughtful observ- er might have been induced to augur something of his future eminence , and which his amiable father it appears did with silence watch . He himself ob- serves , in a hasty sketch of his life , which ...
... mind , from which a thoughtful observ- er might have been induced to augur something of his future eminence , and which his amiable father it appears did with silence watch . He himself ob- serves , in a hasty sketch of his life , which ...
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... mind . " When the funeral sermon was preached I could not help noticing the grief which seemed to prevade every person present . Deeply affected myself , I recollect , that after the service , as I was walking about our little garden ...
... mind . " When the funeral sermon was preached I could not help noticing the grief which seemed to prevade every person present . Deeply affected myself , I recollect , that after the service , as I was walking about our little garden ...
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... mind ; and that the talents they cultivate with such anxious care , if unassocia ted with real excellence of soul , may render the idols of their fond adulation scurces of anguish to themselves and incalculable mischief to mankind ...
... mind ; and that the talents they cultivate with such anxious care , if unassocia ted with real excellence of soul , may render the idols of their fond adulation scurces of anguish to themselves and incalculable mischief to mankind ...
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... mind ; and I have heard many tell , with tears , of the animation and rapture with which he would often repeat from that beautiful hymn of Henry Kirke White , his favorite author , whom in many shades of character he much resembled ...
... mind ; and I have heard many tell , with tears , of the animation and rapture with which he would often repeat from that beautiful hymn of Henry Kirke White , his favorite author , whom in many shades of character he much resembled ...
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... mind were directed to that sublime and dignified profession , in which the capacities of his maturer age were so brilliantly displayed . These infantine compositions were not infrequently entirely his own ; and when they claimed not the ...
... mind were directed to that sublime and dignified profession , in which the capacities of his maturer age were so brilliantly displayed . These infantine compositions were not infrequently entirely his own ; and when they claimed not the ...
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Page 207 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 186 - Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord...
Page 235 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor, So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 34 - The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake.
Page 11 - The wind that toss'd my foundering bark. Deep horror then my vitals froze ; Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ; When suddenly a star arose, It was the star of Bethlehem. It was my guide, my light, my all ; It bade my dark forebodings cease ; And, through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now, safely moor'd, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever, and for evermore, The star, the star of Bethlehem ! THE HIDING-PLACE.
Page 191 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Page 289 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 297 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may 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 297 - Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Page 288 - The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.