George Whitefield, Prophet-preacherAbingdon Press, 1924 - 222 sidor |
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... doubt that the ill health from which he suffered more or less all through the years was due in part to the harsh way he treated his body while at Oxford . As an immediate outcome he was compelled to leave college in May , 1735 , and ...
... doubt that the ill health from which he suffered more or less all through the years was due in part to the harsh way he treated his body while at Oxford . As an immediate outcome he was compelled to leave college in May , 1735 , and ...
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Edward Summerfield Ninde. call grew so clear that every doubt vanished . The only question then was , When should he take the step ? He wanted to delay till he was at least twenty - three . He was in mortal fear lest he enter the sacred ...
Edward Summerfield Ninde. call grew so clear that every doubt vanished . The only question then was , When should he take the step ? He wanted to delay till he was at least twenty - three . He was in mortal fear lest he enter the sacred ...
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... doubt Whitefield was un- usually boyish - looking at this time , but Doctor Gil- lies , who for years was his intimate friend , tells us he was " graceful and well proportioned . His stat- ure was rather above the middle size . His com ...
... doubt Whitefield was un- usually boyish - looking at this time , but Doctor Gil- lies , who for years was his intimate friend , tells us he was " graceful and well proportioned . His stat- ure was rather above the middle size . His com ...
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... doubt as to the indecencies tolerated two hundred years ago , one has only to take from the library shelf of the British Museum a huge portfolio of broadsheets and handbills , such as were once commonly distributed , but so obscene that ...
... doubt as to the indecencies tolerated two hundred years ago , one has only to take from the library shelf of the British Museum a huge portfolio of broadsheets and handbills , such as were once commonly distributed , but so obscene that ...
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... doubt that he was of an unusually warm and affec- tionate nature , and we know that children made a peculiar appeal to him . As we shall presently see , all this had a distinct bearing on his entire ministry . Of his married life we ...
... doubt that he was of an unusually warm and affec- tionate nature , and we know that children made a peculiar appeal to him . As we shall presently see , all this had a distinct bearing on his entire ministry . Of his married life we ...
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Sida 153 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften and concluded to give the coppers.
Sida 154 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, • At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now, for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.
Sida 194 - I bless God, if I know anything of my own heart, I am free from that foolish passion which the world calls love. I write only because I believe it is the will of God that I should alter my state, but your denial will fully convince me that your daughter is not the person appointed by God for me. He knows my heart ; I would not marry but for Him, and in Him, for ten thousand worlds.
Sida 153 - I did not disapprove of the design, but, as Georgia was then destitute of materials and workmen, and it was proposed to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house here, and brought the children to it.
Sida 173 - Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most high have bended it.
Sida 152 - It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants.
Sida 153 - At this sermon there was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before he came from home; towards the conclusion of the discourse, however, he felt a strong...
Sida 163 - ... that without being interested in the subject one could not help being pleased with the discourse ; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music.
Sida 172 - I am now going to put on my condemning cap. Sinner, I must do it : I must pronounce sentence upon you...
Sida 152 - I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street towards the river ; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front Street, when some noise in that street obscured it.