A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D. D.: Late Pastor of the Second Church in Portland |
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... praise from an audience . If I should be unpopular , it would , I fear , give me more uneasi- ness than it ought ; and if - though I think there is little reason to fear it - I should in any degree be acceptable , what a terrible blaze ...
... praise from an audience . If I should be unpopular , it would , I fear , give me more uneasi- ness than it ought ; and if - though I think there is little reason to fear it - I should in any degree be acceptable , what a terrible blaze ...
Page 74
... praise the Lord for all his goodness . " July 5. - Felt much of the same temper I experienc- ed yesterday . In the evening , was favored with much of the divine presence and blessing in prayer . Mem . Ap- plause cannot confer happiness ...
... praise the Lord for all his goodness . " July 5. - Felt much of the same temper I experienc- ed yesterday . In the evening , was favored with much of the divine presence and blessing in prayer . Mem . Ap- plause cannot confer happiness ...
Page 75
... praise my God for , is his wonderful goodness in assisting me against pride . July 7. - Still favored with the smiles of my blessed Lord . Surely his loving kindness is better than life . How condescendingly kind ! I hope he is teaching ...
... praise my God for , is his wonderful goodness in assisting me against pride . July 7. - Still favored with the smiles of my blessed Lord . Surely his loving kindness is better than life . How condescendingly kind ! I hope he is teaching ...
Page 92
... praises for such goodness . Had , too , a most humiliating view of my own vile and odious nature . * Referring to an alternative , which might affect his temporal comfort merely , and not his usefulness , Mr. Payson somewhere says " I ...
... praises for such goodness . Had , too , a most humiliating view of my own vile and odious nature . * Referring to an alternative , which might affect his temporal comfort merely , and not his usefulness , Mr. Payson somewhere says " I ...
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... favored with near access to my Heavenly Father , and a realizing sense of his perfections . O , how sweetly was I enabled to praise and admire his love and goodness in his works ! " Feb.20 - Resolved to spend the day in fasting 96 MEMOIR ...
... favored with near access to my Heavenly Father , and a realizing sense of his perfections . O , how sweetly was I enabled to praise and admire his love and goodness in his works ! " Feb.20 - Resolved to spend the day in fasting 96 MEMOIR ...
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Page 140 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Page 383 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 348 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 328 - Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Page 338 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 125 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 233 - And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people) ; and when he opened it, all the people stood up : and Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen...
Page 210 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 79 - He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul.
Page 263 - And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.