 | Luke Holt Wiseman - 1872 - 178 pages
...which induced him to attend again. The result was that his prejudices vanished ; he became awakened to a desire to flee from the wrath to come and to be saved from his sins ; and he sought admission among the people whom from his innermost heart he had detested and... | |
 | 1872 - 472 pages
...of the practice of Mr. "Wesley, of receiving members into his societies upon one only condition : " a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins." It is kindly polemic throughout, but the very perfection of fairness and collusiveness.... | |
 | Samuel Woolcock Christophers - Class meetings, Methodist - 1873 - 270 pages
...Lord's Table is substantially the same as the condition of membership in the Methodist Society ; " a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins." The bare profession of such a desire is not enough in either case. The profession must... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1873 - 632 pages
...regularly. But one condition is previously required of such as wish admission to the classes — " a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins ;" but this desire is to be shown, first, by doing no harm ; by avoiding evil of every kind,... | |
 | William Peirce - 1873 - 842 pages
...the class of which he is for the time being a member, any persons not already members of society, who desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins, particularly those who need his special oversight. " Rule VII. — Every lay agent shall... | |
 | W Kellaway - 1874 - 436 pages
...; John v. 24 ; xx. 31 ; 1 John v. 11.) What is the condition of membership ? The " rules " state, " a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins." The believer in Christ is not desirous of fleeing; he has fled. (Heb. vii. 8; 1 Thess.... | |
 | Joseph Portrey - Methodist class meetings - 1874 - 200 pages
...is one only condition previously required of those who desire admission into these Societies, viz., a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins." This is the condition of admission. Then follow the conditions of continuance, which,... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - Congregationalism - 1874 - 448 pages
...Prayer Book ; Rubric for Confirmation. 3 The Uethodut requisite for Church -membership is simply •• a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins,'* — such persons are received, as above. See lionie, Part I., ('/,-<,.. II., Sect. 2.... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1874 - 618 pages
...instruction, Martha was brought into deep distress on account of her guilt and peril. Most earnestly did she desire to " flee from the wrath to come," and to be saved from her sins. The child, notwithstanding all she had heard concerning the willingness of God to receive... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 912 pages
...by all branches of the Methodist church. The sole condition of membership in these societies was " a desire to flee from the wrath to come and to be saved from sin." But this desire will be shown by its fruits, leading the man to avoid evil and to do good. Hence these... | |
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There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins. 
