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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... pulpit talents soon circulated through the neighborhood ; many were anxious to listen to the instructions of this extraordinary child ; and most regarded him , as he himself expresses it , " a parson in embryo . " power At this age also ...
... pulpit talents soon circulated through the neighborhood ; many were anxious to listen to the instructions of this extraordinary child ; and most regarded him , as he himself expresses it , " a parson in embryo . " power At this age also ...
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... pulpit , and the habits of his ministerial life , bespoke the knowl . edge of long experience , rather than of recent the- ory , and indicated the presence of a master's , not a learner's hand . At Harwich his diligence was exemplary ...
... pulpit , and the habits of his ministerial life , bespoke the knowl . edge of long experience , rather than of recent the- ory , and indicated the presence of a master's , not a learner's hand . At Harwich his diligence was exemplary ...
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... pulpit , and where the preacher's mind is fettered with notes there can be none . You know I thought , when I lived with you , that and - were good sort of men ; they would not do any harm , but wanted to see something of their growing ...
... pulpit , and where the preacher's mind is fettered with notes there can be none . You know I thought , when I lived with you , that and - were good sort of men ; they would not do any harm , but wanted to see something of their growing ...
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... pulpit in destitute , churches , or in cases of the pastor's absence , to this important circumstance . But few of the students in our academies are overburthened with money -- yet money is absolutely necessary for the purchase of books ...
... pulpit in destitute , churches , or in cases of the pastor's absence , to this important circumstance . But few of the students in our academies are overburthened with money -- yet money is absolutely necessary for the purchase of books ...
Page 93
... . Thus an attention which ought to be undividedly devoted to the labors of the study and the exercises of the class , is partly lavished on preparations for the pulpit and public services . Hence arose the plan , so judiciously adopted 93.
... . Thus an attention which ought to be undividedly devoted to the labors of the study and the exercises of the class , is partly lavished on preparations for the pulpit and public services . Hence arose the plan , so judiciously adopted 93.
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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.