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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... voice , coming from a church crowded with enchained auditors . He entered the porch , and stood hearing . The preacher went on ; and , at last , the sailor - boy became so interested , that he walked clear up the aisle , so that he ...
... voice , coming from a church crowded with enchained auditors . He entered the porch , and stood hearing . The preacher went on ; and , at last , the sailor - boy became so interested , that he walked clear up the aisle , so that he ...
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... voice shouted her name , calling her mother ; and a youth beckoned and leaped for joy at the grate : it was the lost sailor - boy . They wept and conversed like mother and son ; and when she left she gave him a Bible , his future guide ...
... voice shouted her name , calling her mother ; and a youth beckoned and leaped for joy at the grate : it was the lost sailor - boy . They wept and conversed like mother and son ; and when she left she gave him a Bible , his future guide ...
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... voice within and the voices without alike invited him . He had such " liberty " in the act , that all felt as if unchained under the inspiring Presence . They asked the commandant to relieve the chaplain of his prayer- duty with them ...
... voice within and the voices without alike invited him . He had such " liberty " in the act , that all felt as if unchained under the inspiring Presence . They asked the commandant to relieve the chaplain of his prayer- duty with them ...
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... voice and manner fascinating to the mul- titude . These needed not learning to make them mighty . They needed faith and zeal and love for God and for souls ; and these they had , and with these he went forth an educated minister . His ...
... voice and manner fascinating to the mul- titude . These needed not learning to make them mighty . They needed faith and zeal and love for God and for souls ; and these they had , and with these he went forth an educated minister . His ...
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... voice , pacing back and forth , frequently bringing his fist down upon the old pine desk . This was E. T. Taylor . At the close of the meeting Solomon Brown took him home with . him , and there he put up for the night . From that time ...
... voice , pacing back and forth , frequently bringing his fist down upon the old pine desk . This was E. T. Taylor . At the close of the meeting Solomon Brown took him home with . him , and there he put up for the night . From that time ...
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