Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Late Septimus Sears: Who was for Thirty-five Years Minister of the Gospel of Christ, at Clifton, Bedfordshire : and Also the Originator And, Until the Time of His Death, Editor of the Monthly Magazine Known as "The Little Gleaner" and "The Sower".Houlston and Sons, 1880 - 226 pages |
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... dying words , in an address to his church , which we quote in the following pages . Ponder it well , sincere Christian reader ; and , lay- ing aside the testimony of man , the inspired word of revelation . you will then see that the key ...
... dying words , in an address to his church , which we quote in the following pages . Ponder it well , sincere Christian reader ; and , lay- ing aside the testimony of man , the inspired word of revelation . you will then see that the key ...
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... dying bed of an aged and valued father , who died in sweet peace on the 5th of August , 1867 , aged 88 years . Some details of his life , conversation , and death I wish to give to my friends , and , as they are somewhat lengthy , I ...
... dying bed of an aged and valued father , who died in sweet peace on the 5th of August , 1867 , aged 88 years . Some details of his life , conversation , and death I wish to give to my friends , and , as they are somewhat lengthy , I ...
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... dying love formed the sole an- chorage of his hope . ' None but Jesus , none but Jesus , ' he would often exclaim , with peculiar em- phasis . His love to the people of God at Clifton Chapel was most fervent , and his heart filled to ...
... dying love formed the sole an- chorage of his hope . ' None but Jesus , none but Jesus , ' he would often exclaim , with peculiar em- phasis . His love to the people of God at Clifton Chapel was most fervent , and his heart filled to ...
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... dying father on his dying bed ! " And I would earnestly advise you to value your kind parents while you have them , and so to seek to walk towards them , that you may not have Parentage , Early Life , & c . 13.
... dying father on his dying bed ! " And I would earnestly advise you to value your kind parents while you have them , and so to seek to walk towards them , that you may not have Parentage , Early Life , & c . 13.
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... dying day , when I foolishly expected to have done with all the difficulties of time , and to enter into an eternity of joy and happiness . Thus , though not aware of it , ' Madly I ran the sinful race , ' too proud and haughty to seek ...
... dying day , when I foolishly expected to have done with all the difficulties of time , and to enter into an eternity of joy and happiness . Thus , though not aware of it , ' Madly I ran the sinful race , ' too proud and haughty to seek ...
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Page 134 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ; 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 141 - 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.
Page 55 - I WILL bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 95 - 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 19 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 93 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 55 - Bless the Lord, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; I Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 6 - I was in trouble. 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of rams ; I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God ; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.
Page 130 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Page 55 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.