Life and Times of James B. Taylor |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 73
Page 3
... Jesus of Nazareth . If the world has lost its taste for biography , this fact is a sad proof that its taste is vitiated , and the friends of a healthful literature should labor to correct the evil . The life of the humblest and most ...
... Jesus of Nazareth . If the world has lost its taste for biography , this fact is a sad proof that its taste is vitiated , and the friends of a healthful literature should labor to correct the evil . The life of the humblest and most ...
Page 15
... Jesus of Nazareth . Here , in the First Baptist Church , then worshiping in Gold street , he found a spiritual home . He and his wife were baptized in 1807 by Rev. William Par- kinson , who was then and for years after the pastor of the ...
... Jesus of Nazareth . Here , in the First Baptist Church , then worshiping in Gold street , he found a spiritual home . He and his wife were baptized in 1807 by Rev. William Par- kinson , who was then and for years after the pastor of the ...
Page 24
... Jesus and the resurrection . The house , the grove , the road , all remain unchanged , but how different with respect to the congregation ! A new generation has risen up . Here and there in the assembly I recognized a familiar face ...
... Jesus and the resurrection . The house , the grove , the road , all remain unchanged , but how different with respect to the congregation ! A new generation has risen up . Here and there in the assembly I recognized a familiar face ...
Page 26
... Jesus Christ , " probably one of the most important was the character of his pastor , Elder William Richards , to whom he himself has paid , in the " Lives of the Virginia Bap- tist Ministers , " an affectionate tribute . This venerable ...
... Jesus Christ , " probably one of the most important was the character of his pastor , Elder William Richards , to whom he himself has paid , in the " Lives of the Virginia Bap- tist Ministers , " an affectionate tribute . This venerable ...
Page 28
... Jesus , there is a strange measure of forgetfulness and ingratitude cherished by me which ought to fill me with shame and penitence of soul . Did the Son of God condescend to be born of a woman and to be cradled in a manger ? Did he ...
... Jesus , there is a strange measure of forgetfulness and ingratitude cherished by me which ought to fill me with shame and penitence of soul . Did the Son of God condescend to be born of a woman and to be cradled in a manger ? Did he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appointment Association attended Baltimore Baptist Church baptized blessed brethren Brother Jeter Brother Taylor called Canton cause character Charlottesville China Christ Christian Clarkesville commenced congregation Convention dear brother death devoted Diary divine duty earnest Elder exercise faith father feel Foreign Mission Board friends give gospel hand happy heard heart heathen hope Ijaye influence interesting James Jesus journey labors large number letters Liberia Lord Lord's Day Lynchburg meeting meeting-house miles mind minister ministry missionaries morning never night North Carolina Northern Neck o'clock pastor persons pleasant Poindexter prayer preached preacher present religious Richmond Richmond College Saviour Second Church Secretary seemed sermon Shanghai sick soon soul South Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention spent spirit Sunday-school Taylorsville things thought thousand tion to-day trust University of Virginia Virginia week wife wish writing Yoruba young
Popular passages
Page 322 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 72 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Page 42 - Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Page 289 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 198 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 288 - With patient mind thy course of duty run, God nothing does, or suffers to be done; But thou wouldst do thyself, if thou couldst see The end of all events as well as he.
Page 239 - Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 287 - I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, — forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God^ in Christ Jesus.
Page 183 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 342 - O my coevals ! remnants of yourselves ! Poor human ruins, tottering o'er the grave ! Shall we, shall aged men, like aged trees, Strike deeper their vile root, and closer cling, Still more enamour'd of this wretched soil...