Incidents and Anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor: For Over Forty Years Pastor of the Seaman's Bethel, BostonB. B. Russell, 1873 - 445 pages |
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... once from his sins and the sea . But , though a popular and faithful minister of the Lord Jesus , he was not directly connected with the sea , either in his labors . or his style . He preached ashore and to landsmen with no breath of ...
... once from his sins and the sea . But , though a popular and faithful minister of the Lord Jesus , he was not directly connected with the sea , either in his labors . or his style . He preached ashore and to landsmen with no breath of ...
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... once to draw all social influence to his humble conventicle , and to go from his obscure associates into their select society . Here , too , he shone in the lustre of a simple faith . All his gifts and graces were but the setting for ...
... once to draw all social influence to his humble conventicle , and to go from his obscure associates into their select society . Here , too , he shone in the lustre of a simple faith . All his gifts and graces were but the setting for ...
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... once more . " Her husband has since gone to heaven ; and she resides in humble but comfortable obscurity , un- known to the world , but having exerted upon it , through the sailor - preacher , an influence for good which the final day ...
... once more . " Her husband has since gone to heaven ; and she resides in humble but comfortable obscurity , un- known to the world , but having exerted upon it , through the sailor - preacher , an influence for good which the final day ...
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... once for being as adroit as he was bold , as capable of firing Parthian arrows as ad- vancing shots . The officers could have found no fault with such a retreat , and the prisoners exulted in its tact and point . He was instantly voted ...
... once for being as adroit as he was bold , as capable of firing Parthian arrows as ad- vancing shots . The officers could have found no fault with such a retreat , and the prisoners exulted in its tact and point . He was instantly voted ...
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... once that he ' had slept in every room in the house , and he loved every board and every nail in it . It was like the house of Obed - edom . ' " In those days , when he was to hold a meeting in the evening , he would get some one the ...
... once that he ' had slept in every room in the house , and he loved every board and every nail in it . It was like the house of Obed - edom . ' " In those days , when he was to hold a meeting in the evening , he would get some one the ...
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Page 212 - 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 390 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 391 - For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; In the evening it is cut...
Page 400 - Her parents held the Quaker rule, Which doth the human feeling cool, But she was train'd in Nature's school, Nature had blest her. A waking eye, a prying mind, A heart that stirs, is hard to bind, A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind, Ye could not Hester. My sprightly neighbour, gone before To that unknown and silent shore, Shall we not meet, as heretofore, Some summer morning...
Page 417 - 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 180 - 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!
Page 170 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name forever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 389 - There is the throne of David; And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph. The song of them that feast; And they, who with their Leader Have conquered in the fight.
Page 247 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Page 10 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack...