Case and His Contempories: Or, The Canadian Itinerant's Memorial: Constituting a Biographical History of Methodism in Canada, from Its Introduction Into the Province, Till the Death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855, Zväzok 5

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S. Rose, 1877
 

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Strana 238 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Strana 60 - O that without a lingering groan I may the welcome word receive ; My body with my charge lay down, And cease at once to work and live...
Strana 233 - A few years since I visited John Embury and his worthy companion. He was then ninety-eight years old. The scenes of early Methodism in New York were vivid in his recollection, and he referred to them as readily as if they had recently occurred. He said: 'My uncle, Philip Embury...
Strana i - HEAR this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Strana 204 - He had a profound conviction that he was called of God to preach the Gospel, and to fight with every form of evil about him.
Strana 60 - ... fervour and uniformity of zeal in seeking the glory of Christ and the salvation of man. He yielded to none of his brethren in attachment to the doctrines and established economy of Methodism, or in the faithful enforcement of its discipline. He was " in labours more abundant ;" and his acceptable ministry was signally attended with the Divine blessing. He sustained with...
Strana 233 - My uncle, Philip Embury, was a great man — a powerful preacher — a very powerful preacher. I had heard many ministers before, but nothing reached my heart till I heard my Uncle Philip preach. I was then about sixteen. The Lord has since been my trust and portion. I am now ninety-eight. Yes, my Uncle Philip was a great preacher.
Strana 179 - But, having already experienced " the power of his resurrection," " none of these things moved" the voluntary candidates for a perilous service, " neither counted they their lives dear unto them, so that they might finish their course with joy, and the ministry which they had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Strana 31 - Territory. To his mental vigour and indomitable perseverance, the Indians are indebted for many advantages : among these is a written and printed character, suited to their language, of which Mr. Evans was the inventor. Many were the afflictions and trials he had to endure : these issued in a failure of health, which rendered his return home desirable, but the results were not favourable. He died suddenly at Keelby, in Lincolnshire, on the 23d of November, 1846, at the house of a friend, after attending...
Strana 60 - Eainton, in Yorkshire, on the 16th of February, 1790. His parents were members of the Established Church ; and in the forms and principles of that communion they appear to have trained up all their children. During his early years, he was often the subject of good impressions...

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