 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.  The Wesleyan juvenile offering - Page 120by Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Sermons - 1833 - 652 pages
...saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me ; neither count I myself dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." Towards... | |
 | Thomas Belsham, John Williams - Unitarians - 1833 - 806 pages
...and the good of the souls of my fellowcreatures ; and I trust that I am desirous ' not to count my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy.' My affairs wore a very gloomy aspect, when I first came here ; but, gracious God ! thou hast brought... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1845 - 472 pages
...yourselves no anxiety about me. I fear not the threats of those who hate me without cause. I count not my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry I have received of the Lord Jesus.' " * * Lettres Edifiantes, Tom. XXIII. pp. 295-306, and... | |
 | John Johnston - 1834 - 582 pages
...meet this accumulation of suffering and reproach ? " None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God." The* sentiments... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1834 - 448 pages
...overflowing gratitude to his adorable Saviour. None of these things, will he say, move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. If these things... | |
 | S. T. Sturtevant - Preaching - 1834 - 662 pages
...difference between Peter and Paul ! — Paul, who said, "None of these things move me ; neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy ;" and between Peter and Luther ! — Luther, who, when informed of his dangers, said, " If there were as... | |
 | rev William Ellis - 1835 - 358 pages
...elements of peril which gather around his path, to say, " None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy." In his latest testimonies concerning him, Dr. Morrison observes, * At this moment, and for some time... | |
 | Alexander Knox - 1834 - 514 pages
...perils in the sea." — " But," as he says elsewhere, " none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy." Am I not then warranted to maintain, that the very highest flight of Horace's fancy did not rise above... | |
 | Robert Hall - Baptists - 1834 - 536 pages
...bonds and affliction await me : but none of these things move me ; neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry I have received of the Lord to fulfil it. The love of ease, or the indulgence of secular ambition,... | |
 | John Goodwin - 1835 - 568 pages
...pourings out of contempt and wrath abide me ; " but hone of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course...testify the Gospel of the grace of God." (Acts xx. 24.) Farewell, good reader, in the Lord ; let him have a friend^ portion in thy prayers, who is willing... | |
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