The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church: From July 15, 1786, to November 6, 1800N. Bangs and T. Mason, 1821 |
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... Thursday I took my departure from this unhappy place . Came to my old friend B. Boydstone's . I had the happiness of seeing that tender woman , his wife , who careth for the preachers as for her own soul full oft hath she refreshed my ...
... Thursday I took my departure from this unhappy place . Came to my old friend B. Boydstone's . I had the happiness of seeing that tender woman , his wife , who careth for the preachers as for her own soul full oft hath she refreshed my ...
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... Thursday 28. Since this day week we have rode about one hun- dred and fifty miles over dead sands , and among a dead people , and a long space between meals . Friday 29. I preached in a close , hot place , and administered the sacrament ...
... Thursday 28. Since this day week we have rode about one hun- dred and fifty miles over dead sands , and among a dead people , and a long space between meals . Friday 29. I preached in a close , hot place , and administered the sacrament ...
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... Thursday 11. Rode through the snow to Fairfield . Here a Capt . R. had turned the people out of the barn in which worship was held , and threatened to take brother Paup to jail if he did not show his authority for preaching ; after all ...
... Thursday 11. Rode through the snow to Fairfield . Here a Capt . R. had turned the people out of the barn in which worship was held , and threatened to take brother Paup to jail if he did not show his authority for preaching ; after all ...
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... Thursday 9. Came on , wet and unwell to Proby's . Went on to Nixonton , where I had many to hear , and was blessed in my own soul , and , I think , spoke to the cases of some of my audience . Friday 10. I had a long ride of nearly fifty ...
... Thursday 9. Came on , wet and unwell to Proby's . Went on to Nixonton , where I had many to hear , and was blessed in my own soul , and , I think , spoke to the cases of some of my audience . Friday 10. I had a long ride of nearly fifty ...
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... Thursday , March 1. I had more hearers , and they were more attentive than I expected : I trust it was a profitable time . Rode to brother Johnson's - without the labour of slaves he manages to have abundance for man and beast . Tuesday ...
... Thursday , March 1. I had more hearers , and they were more attentive than I expected : I trust it was a profitable time . Rode to brother Johnson's - without the labour of slaves he manages to have abundance for man and beast . Tuesday ...
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Page 386 - Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 279 - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 23 - They shall not labour in vain. Nor bring forth for trouble ; For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Page 110 - 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 ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 383 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 170 - Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven,
Page 90 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 269 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...
Page 211 - Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth ? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well ; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Page 384 - Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.