 | Methodist Church - 1846 - 668 pages
...his prayer ran thus : — ' Lord ! though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with thee through grace ; and I may, I will come to...people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a moan instrument to do them some good, and thee service ; and many of them have set too high a value... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - 1847 - 650 pages
...of his humble intercession : " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to...and would be glad of my death. Lord, however thou dost dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them. Pardon thy foolish people ! Forgive their... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1847 - 298 pages
...miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will corre to Thee for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though...and would be glad of my death ; Lord, however Thou dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them. Pardon Thy foolish, people! Forgive their sins... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Great Britain - 1847 - 396 pages
...recorded in history. PRAYER. " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched " creature, I am in covenant with Thee through " grace. And I may, I will come...Thee for thy " people. Thou hast made me, though very un" worthy, a mean instrument to do them some " good, and Thee service ; and many of them have " set... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1848 - 498 pages
...anxiety for the church, prayed: "Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may — I will come...though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them good and Thee service : and many of them have set too high a value upon me, though others would wish... | |
 | Frederic Myers - Biography - 1848 - 252 pages
...Thy people. Thou hast made me, though so unworthy, an instrument to do them some good, and Thee some service : and many of them have set too high a value upon me, though others wish for, and would be glad of, my death. But, Lord, however Thou dost dispose of me, continue and go on... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - England - 1849 - 320 pages
...of his humble intercession : " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to...and would be glad of my death. Lord, however thou dost dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them. Pardon thy foolish people ! Forgive their... | |
 | Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...calmly he breathed forth the prayer : " Lord though I am a miserable wretched creature I am in covenant with thee through grace. And I may, I will come to...be glad of my death ; Lord however thou do dispose ot me, continue and go on to do good for them. Give them consistency of judgment, one heart and mutual... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1911 - 588 pages
...writer* should have accepted it. The following interpolation in the prayer is clearly false : — " I may, I will come to Thee for Thy people> Thou hast...instrument to do them some good and Thee service." The genesis of this is shown by the following quotations : — " Whether or no Peter Sterry, the Court... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 302 pages
...breathing itself away in prayer :— "Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace, and I may, I will come to...people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mere instrument to do them some good, and thee service; and mnny of them have set too high a value... | |
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Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service ; and many of them have set too high a value upon me, though others wish, and would be glad of my death ; but, Lord, however Thou do dispose of me, continue... 
