Memoir of the Rev. Stevenson Macgill: Professor of Theology in the University of GlasgowJ. Johnstone, 1842 - 358 страници |
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... common as it is now , for clergymen to tell their minds freely from the pulpit or the press on such subjects , Dr. Mac- gill boldly reminded the affluent and the gay , that their idleness and extravagance , irreligion and pro- fligacy ...
... common as it is now , for clergymen to tell their minds freely from the pulpit or the press on such subjects , Dr. Mac- gill boldly reminded the affluent and the gay , that their idleness and extravagance , irreligion and pro- fligacy ...
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... common with many intelligent and liberal men , may at one time have cherished , were speedily blasted . Anxious for the best interests of his people , he published , in 1792 , a small tract entitled " The Spirit of the Times ...
... common with many intelligent and liberal men , may at one time have cherished , were speedily blasted . Anxious for the best interests of his people , he published , in 1792 , a small tract entitled " The Spirit of the Times ...
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... common to look to the “ revolution period ” for the best specimens of genuine whiggism . It is true that such men as Somers , and Halifax , and a few more , well deserve admiration and esteem , but the duplicity and tergiversation of so ...
... common to look to the “ revolution period ” for the best specimens of genuine whiggism . It is true that such men as Somers , and Halifax , and a few more , well deserve admiration and esteem , but the duplicity and tergiversation of so ...
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... common Lord , " D. BARKER , " " Minister of the Methodist New Connexion Chapel , East Clyde Street . GLASGOW , Oct. 4 , 1821 . ply . To this letter Dr. M. returned the following re- " Glasgow College . " REV . SIR , -I request you will ...
... common Lord , " D. BARKER , " " Minister of the Methodist New Connexion Chapel , East Clyde Street . GLASGOW , Oct. 4 , 1821 . ply . To this letter Dr. M. returned the following re- " Glasgow College . " REV . SIR , -I request you will ...
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... common ; and any young man who adopted a higher standard of study than what was the ordinary measure , became the butt of heartless ridicule . In this state of mat- ters , Dr. Macgill felt it to be his duty to introduce a rigid ...
... common ; and any young man who adopted a higher standard of study than what was the ordinary measure , became the butt of heartless ridicule . In this state of mat- ters , Dr. Macgill felt it to be his duty to introduce a rigid ...
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Страница 300 - For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye? if a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
Страница 277 - Then they who live shall changed be, And they who sleep shall wake ; The graves shall yield their ancient charge, And earth's foundations shake.
Страница 277 - Though now ascended up on high, He bends on earth a brother's eye : Partaker of the human name, 'He knows the frailty of our frame.
Страница 277 - TAKE comfort, Christians, when your friends In Jesus fall asleep ; Their better being never ends ; Why then dejected weep ? Why inconsolable, as those To whom no hope is given ? Death is the messenger of peace, And calls the soul to heaven.
Страница 16 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Страница 223 - Acts of Parliament pursuant to the Claim of Right, shall remain and continue unalterable, and that the said Presbyterian government shall be the only government of the Church within the kingdom of Scotland.
Страница 251 - Had we but petitioned for presbytery at Breda, it had " been, as was thought, granted ; but fearing what the least " delay of the king's coming over might have produced, " and trusting fully to the king's goodness, we hasted him " over, without any provision for our safety.
Страница 133 - But my chief comfort arises from reflecting upon the particulars of his life ; which was one uninterrupted exercise of piety, benevolence, filial affection, and indeed of every virtue which it was in his power to practise. I shall not, with respect to him, adopt a mode of speech which has become too common, and call him my poor son: for I must believe, that he is infinitely happy, and will be so for ever.
Страница 347 - University for the purpose of accepting the said trust and in the event of the death or resignation of any of the said trustees or of their successors in the said trust or of any trustee for the time being ceasing...
Страница 337 - ... followers of them who, through faith and patience, are now inheriting the promises.