A memoir of the rev. sir Henry Robert Dunkinfield [by J. Dunkinfield].1861 |
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Page 46 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 1 - But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
Page 110 - May those who are called to the ministry not neglect the gift which they have received, but study to show themselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Page 132 - An EXPLANATION of what is REQUIRED of them who come to the LORD'S SUPPER.
Page 146 - And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever. Dan. xii. 2, 3. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father.
Page 125 - Redeemer, your Sanctifier, Teacher, and Guide. He covenants with you, that in the day of trial and temptation he will cheer and strengthen you ; that he will cause all things to work together for your good ; that nothing shall separate you from his love ; and that at death your ascended Lord will receive you to himself, that where he is there you may be also. Those to be received by letter or certificate from other churches now either come forward or rise as their names are called. The minister shall...
Page 5 - Campbell* for those boroughs. He mentioned it to Lord Bute. His Lordship gave him no answer. The D. certainly intends a surprise ; I son of Sir John Erskine of Alva, in Fifeshire. He was bred to the army, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother in 1747. He represented the Ayr district of boroughs from 1749 to 1754, and the East Fife district from 1754 to 1765, the year of his death. In 1756 he was, by one of those arbitrary stretches of the Executive power, authorised by...
Page 36 - MOUSTIER. Philadelphia, 5 September, 1791. DEAR SIR, I have had the pleasure to receive the letter, which you were so good as to write to me from Berlin on the 26th of April.f The favorable sentiments, which you express of our country and its councils are very agreeable to me. The kind interest, which you take in my personal happiness, excites a grateful sensibility. ' See Mr. Jay's reply in the APPENDIX, No. X.
Page 129 - Quippe id est homini naturale ; ac sicut aves ad volatum, equi ad cursuni, ad saevitiam ferae gignuntur ; ita which may seem likely to contribute to the education of an orator. For if I were to attempt to say all that might be said on each subject, the book would never be finished. There is however one point which I must em- 26 phasise before I begin, which is this. Without natural gifts technical rules are useless. Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from...
Page 42 - It is passion that tells the tale, and that receiveth it. 2. The second thing therefore, that I entreat of you is, that you would be very tender of the Unity and Peace of the Catholic Church ; not only of your own party's, but of the whole. And to this end these things will prove necessary : Do not too easily introduce any novelties into the Church, either of faith or practice : I mean not, that which seems a . novelty to men that look no further than yesterday ; for so the restoring of ancient things...