Letters of an English Traveller to His Friend in England, on the "Revivals of Religion" in AmericaBowles and Dearborn, 1828 - 142 страница |
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... spirit of the family was not extinguished in the fires of Smithfield . A traveller , passing the house of our fifth descendant , in a retired country parish , and seeing him employed in his garden called out , " do you serve here ...
... spirit of the family was not extinguished in the fires of Smithfield . A traveller , passing the house of our fifth descendant , in a retired country parish , and seeing him employed in his garden called out , " do you serve here ...
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... Spirits may , and does influence the minds of his It would be monstrous , it seems to me , while we admit his instant power to be manifest in all other created things , to ex- clude it from those beings who most need its control and ...
... Spirits may , and does influence the minds of his It would be monstrous , it seems to me , while we admit his instant power to be manifest in all other created things , to ex- clude it from those beings who most need its control and ...
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... spirit , but not to any miracu- lous interposition . Otherwise it would cease to be miraculous , since a miracle , an interpo- sition implies a departure from the fixed and regular course of things . If it is enough to constitute any ...
... spirit , but not to any miracu- lous interposition . Otherwise it would cease to be miraculous , since a miracle , an interpo- sition implies a departure from the fixed and regular course of things . If it is enough to constitute any ...
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... spirits , whether they be of God . " The apostles were too modest to exempt , from such a judgment , the effects of their own inspired teaching and miraculous dispensation . For " petty men , " in the comparison , to rise up in these ...
... spirits , whether they be of God . " The apostles were too modest to exempt , from such a judgment , the effects of their own inspired teaching and miraculous dispensation . For " petty men , " in the comparison , to rise up in these ...
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... spirit of their prayers was really touching . The tone , con- trary to what I expected in a Methodist cha- pel , was generally mild , and even when it arose to vociferation , it appeared to be the vociferation of affectionate and ...
... spirit of their prayers was really touching . The tone , con- trary to what I expected in a Methodist cha- pel , was generally mild , and even when it arose to vociferation , it appeared to be the vociferation of affectionate and ...
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Страница 79 - Scriptures, and some of them wrote commentaries upon them ; but yet, it seems, they knew little or nothing of their religion, though they embraced and professed it with the manifest hazard of all earthly good things ; and many of them laid down their lives rather than renounce it.
Страница 79 - They highly valued, and diligently read the holy scriptures, and some wrote commentaries upon them ; but yet, it seems, they knew little or nothing of their religion; though they embraced and professed it with the manifest hazard of all earthly good things, and many of them laid down their lives rather than renounce it.
Страница 77 - And this restoration is not accomplished in a single moment, or day, or year ; hut by continual, and sometimes even tardy advances, the Lord destroys the carnal corruptions of his chosen, purifies them from all pollution, and consecrates them as temples to himself; renewing all their senses to real purity, that they may employ their whole life in the exercise of repentance, and know that this warfare will be terminated only by death.
Страница 77 - is not accomplished in a single moment, or day, or year; but by continual, and sometimes even tardy advances, the Lord destroys the carnal corruptions of his chosen, purifies them from all pollution, and consecrates them as temples to himself; renewing all their senses to real purity, that they may employ thoir whole life in the exercise of repentance, and know, that this warfare will be terminated only by death.
Страница 30 - God,' is the declaration that carries awe and contagious fear over the minds of the body of the people. This represses inquiry, silences doubt, spreads anxiety and apprehension among the timid, and emboldens the confidence of the forward and presumptuous." pp. 30, 31. Now it cannot be denied that
Страница 79 - That c it is a very low and imperfect ' description, which he gives of a Christian; making him only a man, who by the knowledge of « Christ and his doctrine, is brought to the worship of the one true God, and the practice of « sobriety, righteousness, patience, and other virtues. But he has not a word about regeneration,
Страница 120 - Revivals do more than any thing else to fasten the yoke of religious timidity and subservience on the mass of the people. There never was a people in the world who had less true religious freedom, less true freedom of thought and feeling, than a congregation over whom this brooding incubus of a revival has settled itself heavily down.
Страница 56 - ... converts, who of course would feel flattered by so enviable a distinction; the careless, or those presumed to be so, were pointed to the anxious ; congratulations, warnings, and denunciations were scattered about with an effect as terrible as if they had been " fire4 brands, arrows, and death;" there were tears, and , sighs, and groans, enough to break the hearts of these young creatures; and the whole school, as you would suppose, was convulsed with raptures, and fears, and agonies.
Страница 123 - This being constantly abroad, and in a crowd — and the evening-meetings especially, which night after night draw servants and young people from their homes— must have a tendency to unsettle the mind and to give it a distaste for the strictness and sobriety of every-day duties. But...