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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... mountains rising behind , and appears to be impregnable : there are block- houses on the east ; and on the west , stores , barracks , and fortifica- tions . From West - Point we crossed a high mountain , and came to Newburgh . Sunday 17 ...
... mountains rising behind , and appears to be impregnable : there are block- houses on the east ; and on the west , stores , barracks , and fortifica- tions . From West - Point we crossed a high mountain , and came to Newburgh . Sunday 17 ...
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... mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings , " & c . It was a solemn time - my soul was stayed upon God . We had a melting sacrament and love - feast , and many spoke . The devil is angry , and so are his children ...
... mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings , " & c . It was a solemn time - my soul was stayed upon God . We had a melting sacrament and love - feast , and many spoke . The devil is angry , and so are his children ...
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... mountains are the feet , " & c .. We came to James - River ; the ice was in the way , yet we pushed through safely to the opposite shore , and arrived at Moreing's just as the quarterly meeting ended ; nevertheless , we too , had a meet ...
... mountains are the feet , " & c .. We came to James - River ; the ice was in the way , yet we pushed through safely to the opposite shore , and arrived at Moreing's just as the quarterly meeting ended ; nevertheless , we too , had a meet ...
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... mountains , " & c . Upon the whole , I have had more liberty to speak in Charleston this visit than I ever had before , and am of opinion that God will work here : but our friends are afraid of the cross . Monday 17. Preached in the ...
... mountains , " & c . Upon the whole , I have had more liberty to speak in Charleston this visit than I ever had before , and am of opinion that God will work here : but our friends are afraid of the cross . Monday 17. Preached in the ...
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... mountains . Night came on- I was ready to faint with a violent headach — the mountain was steep on both sides . I prayed to the Lord for help presently a profuse sweat broke out upon me , and my fever entirely subsided . About nine o ...
... mountains . Night came on- I was ready to faint with a violent headach — the mountain was steep on both sides . I prayed to the Lord for help presently a profuse sweat broke out upon me , and my fever entirely subsided . About nine o ...
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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.