Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher: Incidents and Anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor, for Over Forty Years Pastor of the Seaman's Bethel, Boston |
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... followed some particular reasons why . Others nestle down into people's good opinion , and think , if they can get praise enough , they shall be at peace . But opinion is sometimes an easy trade - wind , and sometimes a contrary hurri ...
... followed some particular reasons why . Others nestle down into people's good opinion , and think , if they can get praise enough , they shall be at peace . But opinion is sometimes an easy trade - wind , and sometimes a contrary hurri ...
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... followed its wanderings ; they came by its guidance to the place where their Lord lay . Other great divines , in some respects greater , arose and shone in the same city at the same period ; but none of them was allowed to illuminate ...
... followed its wanderings ; they came by its guidance to the place where their Lord lay . Other great divines , in some respects greater , arose and shone in the same city at the same period ; but none of them was allowed to illuminate ...
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... followed me . I knew not what to do : I had never heard the voice of prayer , except from a minister ; and the sound of ' knowing our sins forgiven ' would have been the height of boasting . I would often try to be good , one day at a ...
... followed me . I knew not what to do : I had never heard the voice of prayer , except from a minister ; and the sound of ' knowing our sins forgiven ' would have been the height of boasting . I would often try to be good , one day at a ...
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... followed . " When about twelve years old , I heard the Rev. Enoch Mudge . I cannot remember how I came to be in the Methodist church in the evening , but so by the providence of God I was . He took for his text , ' It is time to seek ...
... followed . " When about twelve years old , I heard the Rev. Enoch Mudge . I cannot remember how I came to be in the Methodist church in the evening , but so by the providence of God I was . He took for his text , ' It is time to seek ...
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... followed the serious and pathetic in his address . But generally a playful or comical sentence was the prelude to some moving exhortation or some searching attack . The stranger who smiled or laughed at the quaint conceits of the sailor ...
... followed the serious and pathetic in his address . But generally a playful or comical sentence was the prelude to some moving exhortation or some searching attack . The stranger who smiled or laughed at the quaint conceits of the sailor ...
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Page 153 - The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; the people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 205 - So, take and use Thy work, Amend what flaws may lurk, What strain o' the stuff, what warpings past the aim! My times be in Thy hand ! Perfect the cup as planned ! Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same ! PEOSPICE Fear death?
Page 103 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 187 - My sprightly neighbour, gone before To that unknown and silent shore, Shall we not meet, as heretofore, Some summer morning, When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore-warning?
Page 167 - Serene will be our days ; and bright And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light And joy its own security.
Page 199 - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
Page 186 - Hail, great Immanuel, all divine! In thee thy Father's glories shine ; Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest One, That eyes have seen or angels known.
Page 52 - Tropic, — a tide of inspiration and of blessing unto " all that go down to the sea in ships, and do business on the great waters.
Page 205 - But I need, now as then, Thee, God, who mouldest men; And since, not even while the whirl was worst, Did I — to the wheel of life With shapes and colours rife, Bound dizzily — mistake my end, to slake thy thirst: So, take and use thy work: Amend what flaws may lurk, What strain o' the stuff, what warpings past the aim) My times be in thy hand!
Page 111 - And he led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men ! For he satisfieth the longing soul, And filleth the hungry soul with goodness.