A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in the Devout Discharge of that DutyPollard & Converse; by Jonathan Leavitt, 182 Broadway, New-York; Wm. Williams, Utica; Tower and Hogan, and John Grigg, Philadelphia., 1828 - 302 pages |
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... Distractions in Prayer 185 12. On Devotional Feelings merely 195 13. Directions to assist in retaining the Spirit of Prayer 197 14. An Exhortation to constant Prayer 15. Forms of Prayer A Prayer for the Gift and Grace of Prayer Private ...
... Distractions in Prayer 185 12. On Devotional Feelings merely 195 13. Directions to assist in retaining the Spirit of Prayer 197 14. An Exhortation to constant Prayer 15. Forms of Prayer A Prayer for the Gift and Grace of Prayer Private ...
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... distractions of this world , who has daily and hourly communion with the Creator , Ruler , and Preserver of all things ! The Christian falls below his true happiness in this life , if he does not enjoy constant peace of mind . Thou wilt ...
... distractions of this world , who has daily and hourly communion with the Creator , Ruler , and Preserver of all things ! The Christian falls below his true happiness in this life , if he does not enjoy constant peace of mind . Thou wilt ...
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... distraction of the world , and retire to bold converse with him in secret . As the hart panteth after the water brooks , so panteth my soul after thee , O God . When shall I come and appear before God . Ps . xlii , 1 , 2. The Saviour ...
... distraction of the world , and retire to bold converse with him in secret . As the hart panteth after the water brooks , so panteth my soul after thee , O God . When shall I come and appear before God . Ps . xlii , 1 , 2. The Saviour ...
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... distractions , the earthly schemes and plans contriving and executing in the midst of all this apparent devotion ... distracted heart is often conceal- ed , under the drama , as it were , of pure and heavenly prayers ! I have stated thus ...
... distractions , the earthly schemes and plans contriving and executing in the midst of all this apparent devotion ... distracted heart is often conceal- ed , under the drama , as it were , of pure and heavenly prayers ! I have stated thus ...
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... distractions , or abuses of former answers to prayer , or however ear- nest or fervent your petitions , still plead for acceptance only on this ground , Christ is your mediator . Your hope of a favorable reception of any prayer is , and ...
... distractions , or abuses of former answers to prayer , or however ear- nest or fervent your petitions , still plead for acceptance only on this ground , Christ is your mediator . Your hope of a favorable reception of any prayer is , and ...
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Page 269 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Page 55 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 137 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 58 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 269 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 99 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 210 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 140 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 24 - Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 235 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.