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" Our end in leaving our native country was not to avoid want, (God having given us plenty of temporal blessings,) nor to gain the dung or dross of riches or honour ; but singly this, — to save our souls ; to live wholly to the glory of God. "
The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism - Page 77
by Robert Southey - 1820 - 622 pages
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The life of the rev. John Wesley, M.A. to which is prefixed, some ..., Volume 2

John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pages
...given us plenty of temporal blessings; nor to gain the dung or dross of riches or honour ; but singlv this, to save our souls ; to live wholly to the glory of God." In the afternodn they found the Simmonds off Gravesend, and immediately went on board. The next day...
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The Works of the Rev. John Wesley. ...

John Wesley - Methodism - 1809 - 460 pages
...want (God having given us plenty of temporal blessings) nor to gain the dung or dross of riches or honour ; but singly this : to save our souls, to live wholly to the glory of God. In the afternoon we found the Simonds off Gravesend, and immediately went on board. Wednesday and Thursday...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volumes 1-2

Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 516 pages
...more docile to» •wards John, whom he always regarded as his guide, and in deference to his judgment consented to be ordained ; but he went out in the...of his printed journals commences. Oh that all men whe bave produced great effects in the world had left such memoirs of themselves.* On board the same...
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The Investigator (or, Quarterly magazine) [ed. by W.B. Collyer, T ..., Volume 1

William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pages
...brother Charles, who went into orders for the purpose of accompanying him. " Our end," says Mr. J. Wesley, " in leaving our native country, was not to...save our souls ; to live wholly to the glory of God." From this period a series of printed journals of the lives of these extraordinary men is extant, offering...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 5

1841 - 488 pages
...want, (God having given us plenty of temporal blessings,) nor to gain the dung or dross of riches, or honour ; but singly this, — to save our souls ; to live wholly to the glory of God." P. SKETCHES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. SURREY, WYAT, AND SACKVILLE. CHAUCER, though properly styled the...
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The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., Fellow of Lincoln College ..., Volume 1

Henry Moore - Clergy - 1826 - 338 pages
...Gravesend, accompanied by Mr. Ingham, and Mr. Delamotte, in order to embark for Georgia. "Our end," says ho "in leaving our native country, was, not to avoid...save our souls, to live wholly to the glory of God." Accordingly the two following days, which they spent partly on board, and partly on shore, they employed...
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Containing an account of his family, of his education in the early part of ...

John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 466 pages
...want (God having given us plenty of temporal blessings) nor to gain the dung or dross of riches or honour ; but singly this : to save our souls, to live wholly to the glory of God. In the afternoon we found the Simonds off Gravesend, and immediately went on board. Wednesday and Thursday...
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The journal of the rev. John Wesley, Volume 1

John Wesley - 1827 - 612 pages
...want, (God having given us plenty of temporal blessings,) nor to gain the dung or dross of riches or honour ; but singly this, to save our souls ; to live wholly to the glory of God. In the afternoon we found the Sirnmonds off Gravesend, and immediately went on board. Wednesday and...
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A History of the Most Interesting Events in the Rise and Progress of ...

James Youngs - Methodism - 1830 - 668 pages
...having given us plenty of temporal blessings,) nor to gain the dung and dross of riches and honor ; but singly this, to save our souls, to live wholly to the glory of God." Accordingly, the two following days, which they spent partly on board and partly on shore, they employed...
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The Life of the Rev. John Wesley: Founder of the Methodist Societies

Richard Watson - 1831 - 346 pages
...plain from his own account: " Our end in leaving our native country was not to avoid want ; God had given us plenty of temporal blessings ; nor to gain...save our souls, to live wholly to the glory of God." These observations are sufficiently indicative of that dependence upon a mortified course of life,...
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