Memoir of the Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D.D.Packard, Van Benthuysen and Company, 1838 - 270 pages |
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... children , would pro- bably have educated him if he had lived , but he was removed during his nephew's infancy . As he was intended for the ministry , and withal was incapacitated by bodily indisposition to labour much upon the farm ...
... children , would pro- bably have educated him if he had lived , but he was removed during his nephew's infancy . As he was intended for the ministry , and withal was incapacitated by bodily indisposition to labour much upon the farm ...
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... child , and forced him into the secret corner to pray . I remember some instances in which my prayers were so earnest that I thought I should prevail , and was determined to take the kingdom of heaven by violence . Once in a time of ...
... child , and forced him into the secret corner to pray . I remember some instances in which my prayers were so earnest that I thought I should prevail , and was determined to take the kingdom of heaven by violence . Once in a time of ...
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... child of God . Still the thought of changing my profession never entered my mind . I have often wondered how this could be ; but I believe it arose from a natural fixedness of purpose , which renders it difficult for me to change . One ...
... child of God . Still the thought of changing my profession never entered my mind . I have often wondered how this could be ; but I believe it arose from a natural fixedness of purpose , which renders it difficult for me to change . One ...
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... child . It was not till two or three years after this that I began to consider myself a christian ; but the impressions of truth which I received from him have probably contributed more to make me what I am , ( so far as there is any ...
... child . It was not till two or three years after this that I began to consider myself a christian ; but the impressions of truth which I received from him have probably contributed more to make me what I am , ( so far as there is any ...
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... children ; and Mrs. GRIFFIN'S mother dying when she was two years old , gave her and her brother SAMUEL ( afterwards Governor of Ohio , ) to her sister and her sister's husband the Governor , who brought them up as their own child- ren ...
... children ; and Mrs. GRIFFIN'S mother dying when she was two years old , gave her and her brother SAMUEL ( afterwards Governor of Ohio , ) to her sister and her sister's husband the Governor , who brought them up as their own child- ren ...
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Page 169 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ...
Page 156 - If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven ; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith ? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Page 158 - 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.
Page 170 - FOR the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices, which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 170 - God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Page 52 - For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
Page 132 - Heb. xi. 17, according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12. Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not : which is true of this church-duty, as well as of that of alms.
Page 159 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Page 150 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 156 - Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them : how much more are ye better than the fowls?