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... given at Sinai . The great desire of Martyn's heart was to excel at college , and to be foremost in his class , and this ambition occupied his mind so entirely , that he lived without God , and as if the world had been created for his ...
... given at Sinai . The great desire of Martyn's heart was to excel at college , and to be foremost in his class , and this ambition occupied his mind so entirely , that he lived without God , and as if the world had been created for his ...
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... given you a right view of my state . The dejection I sometimes labour under seems not to arise from doubts of my acceptance with God , though it tends to produce them ; nor from despond- ing views of my own backwardness in the divine ...
... given you a right view of my state . The dejection I sometimes labour under seems not to arise from doubts of my acceptance with God , though it tends to produce them ; nor from despond- ing views of my own backwardness in the divine ...
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... given us to do . And may we come to our graves in a full age , as a shock of corn cometh in his season . " CHAPTER III . MR . MARTYN was ordained to the ministry on the 22d of October , 1803. He complained to a friend that " this ...
... given us to do . And may we come to our graves in a full age , as a shock of corn cometh in his season . " CHAPTER III . MR . MARTYN was ordained to the ministry on the 22d of October , 1803. He complained to a friend that " this ...
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... given me a hope full of immortality ; - he hath set my foot on a rock , and established my goings , and hath put a new song in my mouth , even praises to my God . ' It is the beginning of a critical year to me : yet I feel little ...
... given me a hope full of immortality ; - he hath set my foot on a rock , and established my goings , and hath put a new song in my mouth , even praises to my God . ' It is the beginning of a critical year to me : yet I feel little ...
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... 11 , 1805 . My dearest Brethren , -I write in great haste to thank you most affectionately for the token of your love , which our dear brother and minister E has given me from you . O may my God LIFE OF HENRY MARTYN . 49.
... 11 , 1805 . My dearest Brethren , -I write in great haste to thank you most affectionately for the token of your love , which our dear brother and minister E has given me from you . O may my God LIFE OF HENRY MARTYN . 49.
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The Life of REV. Henry Martyn John Hall,John Sargent,American Sunday School Union Publisher No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 109 - And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Page 96 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 245 - Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness, Grant them, Lord, the glorious light ; And, from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night ; And redemption, Freely purchased, win the day.
Page 242 - The God of Abraham praise, At whose supreme command From earth I rise, and seek the joys At his right hand : I all on earth forsake, Its wisdom, fame, and power ; And him my only portion make, My shield and tower.
Page 52 - Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Page 107 - O that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest.
Page 62 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 79 - I will gather all nations and tongues ; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Page 245 - O'EE the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still, and gaze; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace; Blessed jubilee! Let thy glorious morning dawn.
Page 243 - Though nature's strength decay, And earth and hell withstand, To Canaan's bounds I urge my way At His command : The watery deep I pass, With Jesus in my view; And through the howling wilderness My way pursue.