Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, Volume 1Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1817 - 537 pages |
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... the means of confirming and extending the king- dom of Christ , not only in India , but throughout the world at large . St. Giles's , Oxford , March 8 , 1817 . CONTENTS . PART I. CHAPTER I. Early life and education X PREFACE .
... the means of confirming and extending the king- dom of Christ , not only in India , but throughout the world at large . St. Giles's , Oxford , March 8 , 1817 . CONTENTS . PART I. CHAPTER I. Early life and education X PREFACE .
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Hugh Pearson. CONTENTS . PART I. CHAPTER I. Early life and education of Mr. Buchanan in Scotland . His journey to England . Employment in the law , and serious change in his religious views . Introduction to Mr. New- ton . From 1766 to ...
Hugh Pearson. CONTENTS . PART I. CHAPTER I. Early life and education of Mr. Buchanan in Scotland . His journey to England . Employment in the law , and serious change in his religious views . Introduction to Mr. New- ton . From 1766 to ...
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... earliest years , in religious principles and habits . He is described , by one of his surviving relatives , as having been distin- guished from his youth by a lively and engaging disposition . He is said also to have recollected the ...
... earliest years , in religious principles and habits . He is described , by one of his surviving relatives , as having been distin- guished from his youth by a lively and engaging disposition . He is said also to have recollected the ...
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... early dew ; " nor was it till many years afterwards , that painful and salutary convictions led him to seek that God whose early invitations he had un- gratefully refused . The residence of Buchanan at Dunstafnage might proba- bly have ...
... early dew ; " nor was it till many years afterwards , that painful and salutary convictions led him to seek that God whose early invitations he had un- gratefully refused . The residence of Buchanan at Dunstafnage might proba- bly have ...
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... earliest years , been intended by his parents for the ministry in the Church of Scotland : but being naturally of an ardent and excursive turn of mind , he at the age of seventeen , during his first residence in the ` University of ...
... earliest years , been intended by his parents for the ministry in the Church of Scotland : but being naturally of an ardent and excursive turn of mind , he at the age of seventeen , during his first residence in the ` University of ...
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Page 509 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 127 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 199 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 234 - ... if any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.
Page 172 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 166 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 519 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 114 - He has fought a good fight ; he has finished his course ; he has kept the faith...
Page 430 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 206 - Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.