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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... . TO BOSTON 82 CHAPTER VII . THE BETHEL ENTERPRISE . 102 IN THE BETHEL CHAPTER VIII . 128 CHAPTER IX . IN THE BETHEL PRAYER - MEETING 153 • CHAPTER X. SOME BETHEL SERMONS 168 CHAPTER XI . PAGE SOME BETHEL MEN 184 CHAPTER XII.
... . TO BOSTON 82 CHAPTER VII . THE BETHEL ENTERPRISE . 102 IN THE BETHEL CHAPTER VIII . 128 CHAPTER IX . IN THE BETHEL PRAYER - MEETING 153 • CHAPTER X. SOME BETHEL SERMONS 168 CHAPTER XI . PAGE SOME BETHEL MEN 184 CHAPTER XII.
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... sermon that had not sentences in it , which " Had suffered a sea change Into something rich and strange . " Not a colloquy , hardly a greeting , that did not turn up a gem . Such profusion , like that of most un- lettered men , made the ...
... sermon that had not sentences in it , which " Had suffered a sea change Into something rich and strange . " Not a colloquy , hardly a greeting , that did not turn up a gem . Such profusion , like that of most un- lettered men , made the ...
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... sermons over dead chickens and kit- tens . He would gather the negro boys and girls about him , and discourse in most ... sermon . This way of making mourners and sympathetic listeners was afterwards maintained and continued in the whip ...
... sermons over dead chickens and kit- tens . He would gather the negro boys and girls about him , and discourse in most ... sermon . This way of making mourners and sympathetic listeners was afterwards maintained and continued in the whip ...
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... street Church , where Dr. Griffin was then preach- ing , and whose sermon he afterwards described , and turned down the lane just north of it on the right of the street . The Methodist chapel was located Both 24 FATHER TAYLOR .
... street Church , where Dr. Griffin was then preach- ing , and whose sermon he afterwards described , and turned down the lane just north of it on the right of the street . The Methodist chapel was located Both 24 FATHER TAYLOR .
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... sermon . - It might have been a providential leading , when this poor youth turned away from the elegant church , then the handsomest in the city , and not far from that rank to - day , probably because its elegance too sharply ...
... sermon . - It might have been a providential leading , when this poor youth turned away from the elegant church , then the handsomest in the city , and not far from that rank to - day , probably because its elegance too sharply ...
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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...