Memoirs of John S. Stokes: A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends

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At Friend's Book Store, 1893 - Quakers - 433 pages

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Page 123 - the mouth of the Prophet. 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 243 - soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.'' "And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
Page 262 - will bring the blind by a way that they know 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 210 - For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith ; as it is written, the just shall live by faith.
Page 237 - the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. I
Page 230 - For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, for therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, the just shall live by faith.
Page 402 - speakest, O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God ? Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the Lord, the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding;
Page 315 - Lord while He may be found ; call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and turn to the Lord, who will have mercy upon him, and to our God, who will abundantly pardon.
Page 238 - with these words: He that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. I
Page 402 - the everlasting God, 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,

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