The Life of Rev. John Wesley ... Founder of the Methodist SocietiesL. Swormstedt & A. Poe, 1857 - 384 pages |
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... returned to Oxford , and resumed his usual studies . literary character was now established in the university ; he was acknowledged by all parties to be a man of talents , and an excellent critic in the learned languages . His ...
... returned to Oxford , and resumed his usual studies . literary character was now established in the university ; he was acknowledged by all parties to be a man of talents , and an excellent critic in the learned languages . His ...
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... returned to Oxford in 1728 , to obtain priest's orders , and paid another visit to Oxford in 1729 ; where , during his stay , he attended the meetings of a small society formed by his brother Charles , Mr. Morgan , and a few others , to ...
... returned to Oxford in 1728 , to obtain priest's orders , and paid another visit to Oxford in 1729 ; where , during his stay , he attended the meetings of a small society formed by his brother Charles , Mr. Morgan , and a few others , to ...
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... returned to Oxford , in November , 1729 , " I found him , " he observes , " in great earnestness to save his soul . " His own account of him- self is , that he lost his first year at college in diversions ; that the next , he set ...
... returned to Oxford , in November , 1729 , " I found him , " he observes , " in great earnestness to save his soul . " His own account of him- self is , that he lost his first year at college in diversions ; that the next , he set ...
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... returned the next day , bringing with him Mr. Spangenberg , one of the Moravian pastors , already settled there . " I soon found , ” says Mr. Wesley , " what spirit he was of , and asked his advice with regard to my own conduct . He ...
... returned the next day , bringing with him Mr. Spangenberg , one of the Moravian pastors , already settled there . " I soon found , ” says Mr. Wesley , " what spirit he was of , and asked his advice with regard to my own conduct . He ...
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... returned , or at least encouraged . The biographers . of Mr. Wesley , Dr. Whitehead and Mr. Moore , differ as to the fact , whether this connection was broken off by him , or by the lady herself in consequence of his delays . The latter ...
... returned , or at least encouraged . The biographers . of Mr. Wesley , Dr. Whitehead and Mr. Moore , differ as to the fact , whether this connection was broken off by him , or by the lady herself in consequence of his delays . The latter ...
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Page 169 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 343 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 151 - Some therefore cried one thing, and some another : for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
Page 222 - Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
Page 260 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 39 - He was indeed attempting to work out " his own salvation with fear and trembling ;" but not as knowing that " it is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Page 189 - Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 249 - So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
Page 54 - I have a sin of fear that when I've spun My last thread I shall perish on the shore. But swear by thyself that at my death thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 123 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.