The Life of John Brainerd: The Brother of David Brainerd, and His Successor as Missionary to the Indians of New Jersey ...Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1865 - 484 páginas |
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... seems pertinent that he should have great interest in their history , and be willing to give such information concerning them as he can furnish for the benefit of the Church of God . He has sought for information on the subject from ...
... seems pertinent that he should have great interest in their history , and be willing to give such information concerning them as he can furnish for the benefit of the Church of God . He has sought for information on the subject from ...
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... seems to me that one of the very few greatest men whom this country has produced ; a statesman among the foremost in a senate of which King and Giles , in the fulness of their strength and fame , were members ; a jurist who would have ...
... seems to me that one of the very few greatest men whom this country has produced ; a statesman among the foremost in a senate of which King and Giles , in the fulness of their strength and fame , were members ; a jurist who would have ...
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... seem , in a moment , from among the living , he was ever his great and former self . " He is dead : and , though here and there a kindred mind - here and there , rarer still , a coeval mind — survives , he has left no one beyond his ...
... seem , in a moment , from among the living , he was ever his great and former self . " He is dead : and , though here and there a kindred mind - here and there , rarer still , a coeval mind — survives , he has left no one beyond his ...
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... an elder brother . We give it verbatim et literatim : — " To ye Revd MR . WHEELOCK , of Lebanon . " Rev & Dear Sr. " Ye Lambs of my Flock seem to entertain a great Desire for yr coming and preaching to ' em , 32 LIFE OF JOHN BRAINERD .
... an elder brother . We give it verbatim et literatim : — " To ye Revd MR . WHEELOCK , of Lebanon . " Rev & Dear Sr. " Ye Lambs of my Flock seem to entertain a great Desire for yr coming and preaching to ' em , 32 LIFE OF JOHN BRAINERD .
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... seem well fitted to nurture his habit of digging among the hard - twisted themes of theology . For many years his father lived on the very verge of a precipice , near a high and sharp ledge of rocks , at the foot of which flowed a swift ...
... seem well fitted to nurture his habit of digging among the hard - twisted themes of theology . For many years his father lived on the very verge of a precipice , near a high and sharp ledge of rocks , at the foot of which flowed a swift ...
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The Life of John Brainerd: The Brother of David Brainerd, and His Successor ... Thomas Brainerd Vista de fragmentos - 1986 |
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Página 248 - Spirit attend a preached gospel to the most distant parts of the world, till the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever.
Página 421 - There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Página 148 - An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement, and visible union of God's people, in extraordinary prayer for the revival of religion, and the advancement of Christ's kingdom on earth...
Página 111 - God seemed to descend upon the assembly " like a rushing mighty wind," and with an astonishing energy bore down all before it. I stood amazed at the influence which seized the audience almost universally, and could compare it to nothing more aptly, than the irresistible force of a mighty torrent or...
Página 39 - Tis hard to rhyme About a little and unnoticed stream, That few have heard of — but it is a theme I chance to love; And one day I may tune my rye-straw reed, And whistle to the note of many a deed Done on this river — which, if there be need, I'll try to prove. THE BLACK FOX OF SALMON RIVER.
Página 129 - He also expressed much satisfaction in the disposals of Providence, with regard to the circumstances of his death; particularly that God had before his death given him...
Página 130 - Dear Jerusha, are you willing to part with me ? I am quite willing to part with you ; I am willing to part with all my friends, I am willing to part with my dear brother John, although I love him the best of any creature living : I have committed him and all my friends to God, and can leave them with God. Though if I thought I should not see you, and be happy with you in another world, I could not bear to part with you. But we shall spend a happy eternity together...
Página 74 - Nov. 29. Began to study the Indian tongue, with Mr. Sergeant at Stockbridge*. — Was perplexed for want of more retirement. — I love to live alone in my own little cottage, where I can spend much time in prayer, &c.
Página 314 - I look upon him to be one of the most valuable men upon earth ; he has. joined to an ardent sense of religion, solid learning, consummate prudence, great candour and sweetness of temper; and a certain nobleness of soul, capable of contriving and acting the greatest things, without seeming to be conscious of having done them.
Página 124 - God knows, I was heartily willing to have served him longer in the work of the ministry, although it had still been attended with all the labours and hardships of past years, if he had seen fit that it should be so : but as his will now appears otherwise, I am fully content, and can with the utmost freedom say, " The will of the Lord be done.