Biographical Sketches of the Founder, and Principal Alumni of the Log College: Together with an Account of the Revivals of Religion, Under Their MinistryArchibald Alexander |
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Page 217 - The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
Page 73 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 123 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, 0 Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach...
Page 161 - And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : and if it bear fruit, well ; and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 99 - He that provideth not for his own household has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel"; and, until that better era arrives, patriotism must supply the place of universal brotherhood.
Page 35 - Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
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Page 91 - I was conversing with my brother," said he, " on the state of my soul, and the fears I had entertained for my future welfare, I found myself in an instant in another state of existence, under the direction of a superior being, who ordered me to follow him. I was accordingly wafted along...
Page 217 - And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, 'The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Page 160 - Ireland (as all our congregations in Pennsylvania, except two or three, chiefly are made up of people from that kingdom).* I am the first minister they have ever had settled in the place ; having been...