A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D.D.: Late Pastor of the Second Church in PortlandCrocker and Brewster, 1832 - 400 pages |
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... FERVENT PRAYER , THAT BY IT , HE , WHOSE UNCEASING SOLICITUDE FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL WELFARE MANIFESTED ITSELF BY HIS IMPORTUNATE INTERCESSIONS , EARNEST EXPOSTULATIONS , AND HOLY EXAMPLE ; IN HEALTH , IN SICKNESS , AND ON THE BED OF DEATH ...
... FERVENT PRAYER , THAT BY IT , HE , WHOSE UNCEASING SOLICITUDE FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL WELFARE MANIFESTED ITSELF BY HIS IMPORTUNATE INTERCESSIONS , EARNEST EXPOSTULATIONS , AND HOLY EXAMPLE ; IN HEALTH , IN SICKNESS , AND ON THE BED OF DEATH ...
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... fervent , effectual prayers of my righteous parents , and the tender mercies of my God upon me , I have reason to hope , that the pious wishes , breathed over my infant head , are in some measure fulfilled ; nor would I ex- change the ...
... fervent , effectual prayers of my righteous parents , and the tender mercies of my God upon me , I have reason to hope , that the pious wishes , breathed over my infant head , are in some measure fulfilled ; nor would I ex- change the ...
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... fervent in prayer . · April 5. — Was very much harassed with wan- dering thoughts this morning . Sought to Christ for deliverance , and found it . .... Have fresh reason to think that visiting is detrimental . In the evening was ...
... fervent in prayer . · April 5. — Was very much harassed with wan- dering thoughts this morning . Sought to Christ for deliverance , and found it . .... Have fresh reason to think that visiting is detrimental . In the evening was ...
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... fervent prayers were not followed by immediate returns ; but when the answer was granted , it brought with it a rich com- pensation for the extreme perplexity and distress which the delay occasioned him : ' March 4. - Was entirely ...
... fervent prayers were not followed by immediate returns ; but when the answer was granted , it brought with it a rich com- pensation for the extreme perplexity and distress which the delay occasioned him : ' March 4. - Was entirely ...
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... fervent prayer ; and in the same object he endeavoured to enlist other Christians . He procured , through the agency of his mother , the institution of a weekly meeting of female members of the church for united prayer , that the work ...
... fervent prayer ; and in the same object he endeavoured to enlist other Christians . He procured , through the agency of his mother , the institution of a weekly meeting of female members of the church for united prayer , that the work ...
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A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D. D; Late Pastor of the Second ..., Part 4 Asa Cummings No preview available - 2013 |
A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D. D., Late Pastor of the Second Church ... Asa Cummings No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 336 - 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 349 - 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 167 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being.
Page 325 - 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 412 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 407 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 402 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Page 324 - And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
Page 375 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,* And a twoedged sword in their hand...
Page 62 - He did not see why true believers, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come...