The Spiritual Pilgrim: A Biography of James M. PeeblesWilliam White, 1872 - 299 pages |
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... looks and affectionate interrogations , such as , " Will you , James , will you not go to heaven with us ? Oh , come and kneel at the anxious seats ! Oh , seek the overtures of mercy ! " The meek - eyed girls besieged him , put their ...
... looks and affectionate interrogations , such as , " Will you , James , will you not go to heaven with us ? Oh , come and kneel at the anxious seats ! Oh , seek the overtures of mercy ! " The meek - eyed girls besieged him , put their ...
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... look out for breakers . " the During the years 1853–55 , Mr. Peebles was pastor of the Univer- salist Church at Elmira , N.Y. , where he found a boon companion in Rev. Thos . K. Beecher , half - brother of Henry Ward Beecher . Here were ...
... look out for breakers . " the During the years 1853–55 , Mr. Peebles was pastor of the Univer- salist Church at Elmira , N.Y. , where he found a boon companion in Rev. Thos . K. Beecher , half - brother of Henry Ward Beecher . Here were ...
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... looks not at denominational names , but the heart . I cherish no malice to- ward you . The spirit of my faith , with the Master's lessons , induce me to return love for hatred , good for evil , blessing for cursing , and to ' pray for ...
... looks not at denominational names , but the heart . I cherish no malice to- ward you . The spirit of my faith , with the Master's lessons , induce me to return love for hatred , good for evil , blessing for cursing , and to ' pray for ...
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... look through ? Thus we identify ourselves . Why can not spirits do the same by using like forces , governed by like laws ? An orderly circle , with inquiring affections , evolves a sphere rightly conditioned for the visible picturing of ...
... look through ? Thus we identify ourselves . Why can not spirits do the same by using like forces , governed by like laws ? An orderly circle , with inquiring affections , evolves a sphere rightly conditioned for the visible picturing of ...
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... look therein in the calm light of philosophy . - Mr. Peebles was " struck with conviction , " but still trying to " climb up the old way . " Scales were before his vision , and spirits . were " a wonder in a wonder - making world . ” He ...
... look therein in the calm light of philosophy . - Mr. Peebles was " struck with conviction , " but still trying to " climb up the old way . " Scales were before his vision , and spirits . were " a wonder in a wonder - making world . ” He ...
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Page 286 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 57 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
Page 238 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars...
Page 101 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 34 - I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate, Built in Jerusalem's wall.
Page 164 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 268 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 92 - I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Page 27 - The Lord is good unto all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Page 248 - This grave contains all that was mortal of a young English poet, who, on his death-bed, in the bitterness of his heart at the malicious power of his enemies, desired these words to be engraven on his tombstone : " Here lies one whose name was writ in water...