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الصفحة 130 - your fighting here, though Pray without ceasing. doomed to hardship and many a battle, there is a rest, a glorious rest ! " And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign of the people, to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious."
الصفحة 299 - on with admiration, and thought of the passage, " He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given will he pay him again." After the services at Dover were all over, and the Church was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God, the committee came to
الصفحة 293 - a more modern, and larger house. It was well to heed the direction of the prophet: «Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes." But in this «great work" the brethren found themselves much involved in
الصفحة 277 - 0 ! for a closer walk with God ! A calm aud heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb." I found this Christian lady not only ready to work in this way, but
الصفحة 298 - indeed, that we have to say, in regard to our places of worship, " The place is too strait for me ; give place to me that I may dwell." My readers would conclude naturally that I had work enough at home to do, but I did about this time what I could in assisting my brethren abroad at dedications and corner-stone layings
الصفحة 282 - The man who lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch, Whom 'twere gross flattery to call a coward." I, after awhile, missed her from the church ; I do not know but that she "cast
الصفحة 176 - the greater dedication was close at hand. It was a day of great religious enjoyment. I tried to preach morning and evening to a crowded auditory. Never did a people feel more like fulfilling the direction of the Psalmist, " Sing aloud unto God our strength : make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob." Not only did the people of God rejoice,
الصفحة 174 - is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." I was connected with an infant church at a certain period in my itinerant life. We needed the sum of five hundred dollars. The Sunday was fixed upon for a financial effort, the society was rather feeble, and about that time I was not very flush in the way of means. I remarked to the audience