Memoir of the Rev. Stevenson Macgill: Professor of Theology in the University of GlasgowJ. Johnstone, 1842 - 358 страници |
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... kind attentions of his affectionate son . He kept up till his death , in 1804 , his connexion with the Methodists ; and at the early hour of five or six in the morning was not unfrequently found with other members in the chapel ...
... kind attentions of his affectionate son . He kept up till his death , in 1804 , his connexion with the Methodists ; and at the early hour of five or six in the morning was not unfrequently found with other members in the chapel ...
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... kind— To noblest aims she pointed still my way . In youth's sweet days she heard her Saviour's voice ; With deep devotion gave herself to God ; Through chequer'd life , felt still religion's joys ; Through good and ill , still held the ...
... kind— To noblest aims she pointed still my way . In youth's sweet days she heard her Saviour's voice ; With deep devotion gave herself to God ; Through chequer'd life , felt still religion's joys ; Through good and ill , still held the ...
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... kind of allegorical anticipation of the future du- ties of a minister of Christ , with a special refer- ence to his present studies . It is a pleasing apo- logue , and highly creditable both to the head and heart of its author . In 1790 ...
... kind of allegorical anticipation of the future du- ties of a minister of Christ , with a special refer- ence to his present studies . It is a pleasing apo- logue , and highly creditable both to the head and heart of its author . In 1790 ...
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... kind . The measures proposed were of too good a character to interest ordinary minds , and the total absence of all party feeling , together with the entire benevolence of the scheme , secured for the excellent convener and his ...
... kind . The measures proposed were of too good a character to interest ordinary minds , and the total absence of all party feeling , together with the entire benevolence of the scheme , secured for the excellent convener and his ...
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... kind . This was exactly the case with regard to Dr. Macgill . What- ever may have been in the minds of individual elec- tors , certain it is that never was any man chosen to a particular station in a way more honourable to himself , or ...
... kind . This was exactly the case with regard to Dr. Macgill . What- ever may have been in the minds of individual elec- tors , certain it is that never was any man chosen to a particular station in a way more honourable to himself , or ...
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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.