The Life of David Marks, to the 26th Year of His Age, Including the Particulars of His Conversion, Call to the Ministry, and Labours in Itinerant Preaching for Nearly Eleven Years |
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... told her my resolution . " Ah , my son , " said she , " the water will boil , and the earth will burn . " Another expedient was suggested . I thought I would hew out a place of retreat in a rock , and there hide myself , closing the ...
... told her my resolution . " Ah , my son , " said she , " the water will boil , and the earth will burn . " Another expedient was suggested . I thought I would hew out a place of retreat in a rock , and there hide myself , closing the ...
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... told me that my brother was dead . The day before , he sat up several hours , wrote some , and said he thought he should recover ; but in the evening , the scene changed . Death had marked him for a victim ; and while the sun of life ...
... told me that my brother was dead . The day before , he sat up several hours , wrote some , and said he thought he should recover ; but in the evening , the scene changed . Death had marked him for a victim ; and while the sun of life ...
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... told them , it was a doubt in my mind , whether those views were agreeable to the scriptures . The whole church , with one exception , voted they were not satisfied with my experience , and could not receive me . Trials now pressed ...
... told them , it was a doubt in my mind , whether those views were agreeable to the scriptures . The whole church , with one exception , voted they were not satisfied with my experience , and could not receive me . Trials now pressed ...
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... told me my labor was so much needed , they could not spare me . I returned to my former avocations , but nature seem- ed clothed with solemnity : the concerns of earth seemed of little moment ; the hapless children of men , sinking to ...
... told me my labor was so much needed , they could not spare me . I returned to my former avocations , but nature seem- ed clothed with solemnity : the concerns of earth seemed of little moment ; the hapless children of men , sinking to ...
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... told him , he must give account to God . He raised his axe , and bid me , " Be gone , " swearing if I said any more , he would throw it at my head . Turning to go away , I replied , " Remember for all these things , God will bring thee ...
... told him , he must give account to God . He raised his axe , and bid me , " Be gone , " swearing if I said any more , he would throw it at my head . Turning to go away , I replied , " Remember for all these things , God will bring thee ...
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Page 182 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 110 - And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Page 278 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 313 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 369 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 191 - It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting...
Page 128 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 254 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 40 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 132 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.