The Missionary Convention at Jerusalem: Or, An Exhibition of the Claims of the World to the Gospel |
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Page 49
... obligations to communicate its bles- sings to their friends and countries . Now to this or- der of operation , there can be no objection . As there must be a commencement somewhere , it is proper that we should begin with those to whom ...
... obligations to communicate its bles- sings to their friends and countries . Now to this or- der of operation , there can be no objection . As there must be a commencement somewhere , it is proper that we should begin with those to whom ...
Page 55
... obligation , and consequently we cannot look upon it as the result of criminal negligence . We as- sume far higher and more tenable grounds . We believe it to be the effect of divine purpose - the fruit of that all - pervading agency ...
... obligation , and consequently we cannot look upon it as the result of criminal negligence . We as- sume far higher and more tenable grounds . We believe it to be the effect of divine purpose - the fruit of that all - pervading agency ...
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... obligation . I speak of the neglect of present ability of a refusal to attempt what we are capacitated to accomplish . How did that brother know , that the same decretal or providen- tial preventive would not keep him from attending ...
... obligation . I speak of the neglect of present ability of a refusal to attempt what we are capacitated to accomplish . How did that brother know , that the same decretal or providen- tial preventive would not keep him from attending ...
Page 60
... obligation , or enforce obe- dience . Something farther is necessary , and for this we must wait ; but what events are we to expect how long must we wait ? Have not many centuries of gloom and wretchedness to the heathen world , proved ...
... obligation , or enforce obe- dience . Something farther is necessary , and for this we must wait ; but what events are we to expect how long must we wait ? Have not many centuries of gloom and wretchedness to the heathen world , proved ...
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... obligation to save him , the gos- pel of salvation must be a gratuity . Now has not the great Dispenser of its blessings the right to give this gospel to whomsoever he pleases ? Has he not exercised his sovereignty in providing it for ...
... obligation to save him , the gos- pel of salvation must be a gratuity . Now has not the great Dispenser of its blessings the right to give this gospel to whomsoever he pleases ? Has he not exercised his sovereignty in providing it for ...
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Page 38 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.
Page 49 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 21 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 31 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 168 - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together ; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Page 171 - I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 16 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 26 - For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek : for the same Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him.
Page 171 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.