The Hallam Sccession: A Tale of Methodist Life in Two Countries

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Phillips & Hunt, 1885 - 310 pages
 

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Page 264 - Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel : for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Page 37 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 253 - And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David...
Page 253 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 10 to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 253 - As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us...
Page 253 - That He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Might serve Him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before Him, All the days of our life.
Page 187 - So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
Page 277 - Richard ;' and surely I was helped to do so, for crowding into my memory came every blessed promise, every comforting hope, that could make the hour of death the hour of victory. And while I was saying, ' Behold the Lamb of God, .who taketh away the sin of the world,' he passed away. We were quite alone. The men were sleeping around, unconscious of ' Him that waited.' The moon flooded the prairie with a soft, hazy light, and all was so still that I could hear the cattle in the distance cropping the...
Page 63 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
Page 202 - THE lost days of my life until to-day, What were they, could I see them on the street Lie as they fell ? Would they be ears of wheat Sown once for food but trodden into clay ? Or golden coins squandered and still to pay ? Or drops of blood dabbling the guilty feet? Or such spilt water as in dreams must cheat The undying throats of Hell, athirst alway? I do not see them here ; but after death God knows I know the faces I shall see, Each one a murdered self, with low last breath.

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