The Biographical Record: Or, Sketches of the Lives, Experience, and Happy Deaths of Members of the Wesleyan Society in the Salisbury Circuitauthor, 1833 - 267 pages |
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... Satan ! for I will worship the Lord my God , and him only will I serve . " Earnest prayer was made in her behalf that God would come to her help ; and soon she became more calm , her confidence in God was greatly strengthened , and ...
... Satan ! for I will worship the Lord my God , and him only will I serve . " Earnest prayer was made in her behalf that God would come to her help ; and soon she became more calm , her confidence in God was greatly strengthened , and ...
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... Satan was near ; he suggested that she had not been so much in earnest as she ought to have been , and therefore she could not expect the blessing now . But this did not daunt her ; her soul rose in ardent desire ; she was instant in ...
... Satan was near ; he suggested that she had not been so much in earnest as she ought to have been , and therefore she could not expect the blessing now . But this did not daunt her ; her soul rose in ardent desire ; she was instant in ...
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... satan taking advantage of the occasion to wrest away her confidence , she lost the com- fortable witness of this state . But she did not rest here ; she once more resorted to the " blood of sprinkling , " and felt that blood again ...
... satan taking advantage of the occasion to wrest away her confidence , she lost the com- fortable witness of this state . But she did not rest here ; she once more resorted to the " blood of sprinkling , " and felt that blood again ...
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... clock , when thinking I had been concealing the goodness of God instead of speaking of it , and getting others to praise the Lord for his unspeak- able mercy ; and then satan threw in his fiery 22 THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD .
... clock , when thinking I had been concealing the goodness of God instead of speaking of it , and getting others to praise the Lord for his unspeak- able mercy ; and then satan threw in his fiery 22 THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD .
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... satan threw in his fiery darts , telling me I did not know that I had got it now . This led me to close examination , and the Lord in great mercy gave me to feel that I was his child , and that he was well pleased with me . I saw I held ...
... satan threw in his fiery darts , telling me I did not know that I had got it now . This led me to close examination , and the Lord in great mercy gave me to feel that I was his child , and that he was well pleased with me . I saw I held ...
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Page 264 - And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 29 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 141 - And John answered him, saying. Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us ; and we forbade him, because he followeth not us.
Page 67 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 30 - Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought.
Page 12 - There is my house and portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home; For me my elder brethren stay, And angels beckon me away, And Jesus bids me come.
Page 32 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 195 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 165 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 17 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.