Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin: Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche. Compiled from Authentic Sources, Chiefly French and GermanL. Loomis, 1832 - 246 páginas |
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... most wakeful , active , and avaricious of improvement . Then time for moral and intellectual cultivation is most in their power . Years will soon bring cousness . with them cares and embarrassments , so that vi DEDICATION .
... most wakeful , active , and avaricious of improvement . Then time for moral and intellectual cultivation is most in their power . Years will soon bring cousness . with them cares and embarrassments , so that vi DEDICATION .
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... soon do they begin the policy of error and destruction ! As soon as a passion can be kindled , or a prejudice against the truth excited , the young are appealed to , and engaged . Let us , then , make the youth of our congregations the ...
... soon do they begin the policy of error and destruction ! As soon as a passion can be kindled , or a prejudice against the truth excited , the young are appealed to , and engaged . Let us , then , make the youth of our congregations the ...
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... soon as silence could be obtained , pointing to a with- ered old man , who lay on a little bed in one corner of the apartment . " Are you the schoolmaster , my good friend ? " inquired Stouber . " Yes , Sir . " " And what do you teach ...
... soon as silence could be obtained , pointing to a with- ered old man , who lay on a little bed in one corner of the apartment . " Are you the schoolmaster , my good friend ? " inquired Stouber . " Yes , Sir . " " And what do you teach ...
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... soon contrived to overcome this diffi- culty . He changed the name of the office , and the objection no longer existed . " Well then , " said he , " let us have no schoolmasters , since that would not become people of your situation in ...
... soon contrived to overcome this diffi- culty . He changed the name of the office , and the objection no longer existed . " Well then , " said he , " let us have no schoolmasters , since that would not become people of your situation in ...
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... soon as he considered the people prepared for their reception . Hitherto they had only heard of the Bible as of a large book that contained the word of God ; and when their pastor , in order to circulate the Scriptures as widely as ...
... soon as he considered the people prepared for their reception . Hitherto they had only heard of the Bible as of a large book that contained the word of God ; and when their pastor , in order to circulate the Scriptures as widely as ...
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Página 122 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Página 123 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Página 228 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the -waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Página 181 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Página 89 - Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Página 187 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage ; but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage, neither can they die any more ; for they are equal to the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Página 40 - This day do I, with the utmost solemnity, surrender myself to thee. I renounce all former lords that have had dominion over me ; and I consecrate to thee all that I am, and all that I have, — the faculties of my mind, the members of my body, my worldly possessions, my time, and my influence over others, to be all used entirely for thy glory, and resolutely employed in obedience to thy commands, as long as thou...
Página 240 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Página 193 - Renouncing every worldly thing, Safe 'neath the covert of Thy wing, My sweetest thought henceforth shall be, That all I want I find in Thee, In Thee, my God, in Thee ! LYRA GERMANICA (translated by Miss C.
Página 123 - And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household...