Sketches of Wesleyan Preachers

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Lane & Tippett, 1848 - Methodist Church - 400 pages
 

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Page 336 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 129 - Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought ; Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love, why am I thus?
Page 185 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 175 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 201 - The love of Christ, doth me constrain To seek the wandering souls of men ; With cries, entreaties, tears, to save, To snatch them from the gaping grave.
Page 42 - Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp his name ; Preach him to all, and cry in death, " Behold, behold the Lamb !
Page 186 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
Page 195 - Other refuge have I none; Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me.
Page 224 - Once offered up, a spotless Lamb, In Thy great Temple here below, Thou didst for all mankind atone, And standest now before the Throne.
Page 336 - Thou God of power, thou God of love, Let the whole world thy mercy prove! Now let thy word o'er all prevail; Now take the spoils of death and hell.

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