Memoir of the Rev. Stevenson Macgill: Professor of Theology in the University of GlasgowJ. Johnstone, 1842 - 358 страници |
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... importance of the pas- toral office , and the dignity of the ministerial char- acter . But there is good reason to think , that , with the lapse of years and the progress of experience , his views of divine truth became gradually more ...
... importance of the pas- toral office , and the dignity of the ministerial char- acter . But there is good reason to think , that , with the lapse of years and the progress of experience , his views of divine truth became gradually more ...
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... importance . One advantage attends him - he is candid and open ; draws all his conclusions without shrinking , and is quite above the dishonest and insidious warfare of some of the philosophers of his time . The case of those aged and ...
... importance . One advantage attends him - he is candid and open ; draws all his conclusions without shrinking , and is quite above the dishonest and insidious warfare of some of the philosophers of his time . The case of those aged and ...
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... important fact that up to this period the statutes in favour of public liberty in England had been very few . It was otherwise in Scotland , where a variety of most val- uable statutes had been passed from 1633 to 1660 , partly by means ...
... important fact that up to this period the statutes in favour of public liberty in England had been very few . It was otherwise in Scotland , where a variety of most val- uable statutes had been passed from 1633 to 1660 , partly by means ...
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... importance of such labours . As illustrative of the affectionate but firm fidel- ity with which he maintained the wholesome disci- pline of our church , amidst the temptations to a relaxation of it which a large city possesses , I shall ...
... importance of such labours . As illustrative of the affectionate but firm fidel- ity with which he maintained the wholesome disci- pline of our church , amidst the temptations to a relaxation of it which a large city possesses , I shall ...
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... importance in the scale of pastoral duty , and mentioned the result of his own efforts while a min- ister of Glasgow as highly favourable to such a plan . On my stating to him the difficulty I had felt in bringing together the families ...
... importance in the scale of pastoral duty , and mentioned the result of his own efforts while a min- ister of Glasgow as highly favourable to such a plan . On my stating to him the difficulty I had felt in bringing together the families ...
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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.