The Conversion of a Skeptic: A Member of the BarSwormstedt & Poe, 1858 - 314 pages |
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... house of my friends . " - Zech . 13 : 6 . " How careful then ought I to live , With what religious fear , Who such a strict account must give , For my behavior here . " SANDY FOUNDATION SHAKEN . CHAPTER VI . AT this period.
... house of my friends . " - Zech . 13 : 6 . " How careful then ought I to live , With what religious fear , Who such a strict account must give , For my behavior here . " SANDY FOUNDATION SHAKEN . CHAPTER VI . AT this period.
Page 68
... fears would arise in his soul , despite all his philosophy and infidel reasoning . There were hours of sober reflection , during which he felt himself insecure . Could infidelity suc- ceed in destroying the hope of the christian , has ...
... fears would arise in his soul , despite all his philosophy and infidel reasoning . There were hours of sober reflection , during which he felt himself insecure . Could infidelity suc- ceed in destroying the hope of the christian , has ...
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... fear that the power of the Lord might come down among us , and that I might be compelled to yield . MY SANDY FOUNDATION WAS SHAKEN ; I could not tell what to make of the reports which I heard . Subsequently a meeting was held in our own ...
... fear that the power of the Lord might come down among us , and that I might be compelled to yield . MY SANDY FOUNDATION WAS SHAKEN ; I could not tell what to make of the reports which I heard . Subsequently a meeting was held in our own ...
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... fear that she might not recover . Rev. Mr. Calhoon began to visit , and converse , and pray with her . I felt anx- ious that she should experience religion . I took much interest in the religious exercises READING UNTIL MIDNIGHT . 85 ...
... fear that she might not recover . Rev. Mr. Calhoon began to visit , and converse , and pray with her . I felt anx- ious that she should experience religion . I took much interest in the religious exercises READING UNTIL MIDNIGHT . 85 ...
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... fear of God or dread of punishment . I was so overwhelmed and prostrated that I hardly knew myself , nor had time for reflection . I thought of praying , and yet I hardly knew what to pray for , or how to do it ; or whether it was right ...
... fear of God or dread of punishment . I was so overwhelmed and prostrated that I hardly knew myself , nor had time for reflection . I thought of praying , and yet I hardly knew what to pray for , or how to do it ; or whether it was right ...
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Page 221 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Page 186 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary ? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas ? And his sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were offended in him.
Page 249 - If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Page 245 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 197 - 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...
Page 278 - What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord : I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Page 213 - Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Page 141 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 85 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry come unto Thee. Hide not Thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble ; Incline Thine ear unto me : In the day when I call answer me speedily.
Page 176 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.