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Side 15
... although others may admire and extol it , conscience will pronounce to be destitute of all moral worth , and anticipate the sentence of condemnation God will at last utter alike against open transgression and feigned obedience .
... although others may admire and extol it , conscience will pronounce to be destitute of all moral worth , and anticipate the sentence of condemnation God will at last utter alike against open transgression and feigned obedience .
Side 16
Were I further to address such an one , I would say— “ If you have reason to conclude that the command to go and preach the gospel is imperative upon you as an individual , it is then with you a simple question of obedience to God .
Were I further to address such an one , I would say— “ If you have reason to conclude that the command to go and preach the gospel is imperative upon you as an individual , it is then with you a simple question of obedience to God .
Side 17
... we have nothing more to do but to congratulate the individual upon such a proof of his subjection to divine authority , and of his conquest over the appetites , or habits , or desires , that may have opposed his obedience .
... we have nothing more to do but to congratulate the individual upon such a proof of his subjection to divine authority , and of his conquest over the appetites , or habits , or desires , that may have opposed his obedience .
Side 18
If there be not this willing spirit which is so emphatically pronounced to be an essential requisite to acceptable obedience ; if the higher and purer motives fail to operate with commanding energy , and the individual nevertheless ...
If there be not this willing spirit which is so emphatically pronounced to be an essential requisite to acceptable obedience ; if the higher and purer motives fail to operate with commanding energy , and the individual nevertheless ...
Side 19
I repeat it , that even where there is a professed practical acknowledgment of the imperious obligation to obey the command of God , there may be the absence of that love which is the animating spirit of true obedience ; and if love be ...
I repeat it , that even where there is a professed practical acknowledgment of the imperious obligation to obey the command of God , there may be the absence of that love which is the animating spirit of true obedience ; and if love be ...
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Side xxxvii - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Side 53 - ... as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Side 218 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Side 183 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Side 159 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Side 132 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Side 221 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Side 259 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Side 158 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Side 182 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Letters on Missions |
| Forfatter | William Swan |
| Udgave | 2 |
| Udgiver | Westley and Davis, Stationers' Court, 1830 |
| Oprindeligt fra | New York Public Library |
| Digitaliseret | 2. aug 2006 |
| Længde | 280 sider |
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