Account of the life of David BrainerdLeavitt, Trow, & Company, 1844 - Congregational churches |
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... blessed Spirit as my teacher , sanctifier and only comforter ; and cherish all his motions to enlighten , purify , confirm , comfort , and assist me . This I have done . And I pray God , for the sake of Christ , to look upon it as a ...
... blessed Spirit as my teacher , sanctifier and only comforter ; and cherish all his motions to enlighten , purify , confirm , comfort , and assist me . This I have done . And I pray God , for the sake of Christ , to look upon it as a ...
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... blessed oppor- tunities of forcibly bearing on in my Christian course , notwithstanding that which is so very apt to discourage me , to damp the vigor of my mind , and to make me lifeless ; also as opportunities of trusting and ...
... blessed oppor- tunities of forcibly bearing on in my Christian course , notwithstanding that which is so very apt to discourage me , to damp the vigor of my mind , and to make me lifeless ; also as opportunities of trusting and ...
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... bless his people with " pastors which shall feed them with knowledge and understanding ! " But if our youth neglect all proper improvement of the mind ; are shy of seriousness and strict piety ; choose to live at a distance from all ...
... bless his people with " pastors which shall feed them with knowledge and understanding ! " But if our youth neglect all proper improvement of the mind ; are shy of seriousness and strict piety ; choose to live at a distance from all ...
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... blessed image of Christ ; and that I might live , in all things , according to the pure , sweet and blessed rules of the gospel . I had an eager thirsting after progress in these things ; which put me upon pursuing and pressing after ...
... blessed image of Christ ; and that I might live , in all things , according to the pure , sweet and blessed rules of the gospel . I had an eager thirsting after progress in these things ; which put me upon pursuing and pressing after ...
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... blessed Jesus . I had great longings for the advancement of Christ's king- dom in the world ; and my secret prayer used to be , in great part , taken up in praying for it . If I heard the least hint of any thing that happened , in any ...
... blessed Jesus . I had great longings for the advancement of Christ's king- dom in the world ; and my secret prayer used to be , in great part , taken up in praying for it . If I heard the least hint of any thing that happened , in any ...
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Page 343 - The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 486 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Page 423 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 63 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 424 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 102 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
Page 70 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Page 357 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 311 - For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent.
Page 391 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.