The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine1858 - Arminianism |
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... thee , because thou hast left thy first love . " The first love of Christians is not only ardent , but simple and sincere ; being free from all duplicity , and resembling the affection of a little child . The Ephesians , as we learn ...
... thee , because thou hast left thy first love . " The first love of Christians is not only ardent , but simple and sincere ; being free from all duplicity , and resembling the affection of a little child . The Ephesians , as we learn ...
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... thee out of My mouth . " This state of mind is often attended with self - deception . It was so at Laodicea " Thou sayest , I am rich , and increased with goods , and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched , and ...
... thee out of My mouth . " This state of mind is often attended with self - deception . It was so at Laodicea " Thou sayest , I am rich , and increased with goods , and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched , and ...
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... Thee , my heavenly Father , confessing that I have sinned against Thee , broken Thy holy laws , grieved Thy Spirit , done those things I ought not to have done , and left undone those things I ought to have done . I pray to be forgiven ...
... Thee , my heavenly Father , confessing that I have sinned against Thee , broken Thy holy laws , grieved Thy Spirit , done those things I ought not to have done , and left undone those things I ought to have done . I pray to be forgiven ...
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... Thee in Thy kingdom above for ever . " If a young girl , of ten , twelve , or fourteen , should attend a class , and the Leader should say to her , " Well , my dear , I hope you are sincerely desirous of seeking salvation . You must ...
... Thee in Thy kingdom above for ever . " If a young girl , of ten , twelve , or fourteen , should attend a class , and the Leader should say to her , " Well , my dear , I hope you are sincerely desirous of seeking salvation . You must ...
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... Thee I now can fly , On whom my help is laid ; Oppress'd by sins , I lift my eye , And see the shadows fade . " From this time she gradually recovered physical strength , and , on leaving the town , seemed resolved evermore to glorify ...
... Thee I now can fly , On whom my help is laid ; Oppress'd by sins , I lift my eye , And see the shadows fade . " From this time she gradually recovered physical strength , and , on leaving the town , seemed resolved evermore to glorify ...
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Page 201 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one,— as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one even as we are one.
Page 672 - And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 487 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 320 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 53 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 309 - I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 200 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love : even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Page 24 - Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Page 128 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 587 - I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine : the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.