Memoir of the Rev. Elias CorneliusPerkins & Marvin, 1833 - 360 pages |
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Page 54
... dollars , annually , to domestic charities , as their minister told me , and I have seen that people subscribe , immediately after sermon , to this object thirty - five dollars , thirty of which were an annual subscription . When I ...
... dollars , annually , to domestic charities , as their minister told me , and I have seen that people subscribe , immediately after sermon , to this object thirty - five dollars , thirty of which were an annual subscription . When I ...
Page 55
... dollars , forty of which are an annual subscription . A man in W. , who depends for support entirely on his own exertions , subscribed five dollars an- nually . His friends inquired , Why he gave so much , and how he could afford it ...
... dollars , forty of which are an annual subscription . A man in W. , who depends for support entirely on his own exertions , subscribed five dollars an- nually . His friends inquired , Why he gave so much , and how he could afford it ...
Page 57
... dollars , I should do more than he feared I should . ' Good man ! I was aware of the fact that his feelings impelled him to his closet , and before we went to meeting , we both united in committing the event to God . The house was ...
... dollars , I should do more than he feared I should . ' Good man ! I was aware of the fact that his feelings impelled him to his closet , and before we went to meeting , we both united in committing the event to God . The house was ...
Page 58
... dollars . " It is proper in this place to say , that on account of the extreme difficulty of obtaining children at Bombay for the schools in question , most of the funds raised for the object in this country , were transferred to Ceylon ...
... dollars . " It is proper in this place to say , that on account of the extreme difficulty of obtaining children at Bombay for the schools in question , most of the funds raised for the object in this country , were transferred to Ceylon ...
Page 59
... dollars must be incurred . In consequence of these circum- stances , the prudential committee appointed Mr. Cornelius to a special agency , authorizing him to solicit funds in aid of the specified establishment , for educating the youth ...
... dollars must be incurred . In consequence of these circum- stances , the prudential committee appointed Mr. Cornelius to a special agency , authorizing him to solicit funds in aid of the specified establishment , for educating the youth ...
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Page 139 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 275 - Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: For he commanded, and they were created.
Page 263 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that...
Page 331 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 291 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed : 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned...
Page 342 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 275 - He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Page 291 - Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 344 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 331 - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.