"After Eighty Years,"A.H. Smythe, 1886 - 127 pages A history of the first Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. |
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... remember the power for good which flowed out from these services . The at- tendance for a long time taxed the utmost capacity of the upper sanctuary . The spiritual quickening received from these daily gatherings the records of eternity ...
... remember the power for good which flowed out from these services . The at- tendance for a long time taxed the utmost capacity of the upper sanctuary . The spiritual quickening received from these daily gatherings the records of eternity ...
Page 75
... remember , the following spring , I walked to Franklinton , a distance of a mile and a half , to attend " meeting " in a brick house built by Mr. Lucas Sullivant . Our first church building on this side of the river was erected in 1818 ...
... remember , the following spring , I walked to Franklinton , a distance of a mile and a half , to attend " meeting " in a brick house built by Mr. Lucas Sullivant . Our first church building on this side of the river was erected in 1818 ...
Page 81
... remember the brick floor and the little narrow win- dows , which admitted only a dim light upon the sun- niest day . The doors were painted a dark red , and the seats , which were like huge boxes , being of black walnut , gave the room ...
... remember the brick floor and the little narrow win- dows , which admitted only a dim light upon the sun- niest day . The doors were painted a dark red , and the seats , which were like huge boxes , being of black walnut , gave the room ...
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... remember with what untiring zeal he pros- ecuted , day and night , the arduous duties of this post , and there are thousands of men , the land over , who recall with gratitude the fatherly care bestowed upon them when sick and ...
... remember with what untiring zeal he pros- ecuted , day and night , the arduous duties of this post , and there are thousands of men , the land over , who recall with gratitude the fatherly care bestowed upon them when sick and ...
Page 93
... remember his Wednesday evening lectures , that autumn , on the letters to the seven churches , which were in Asia . Later lectures and sermons I remem- ber one , on " Signs of the Times ; " one to show that the science of geology did ...
... remember his Wednesday evening lectures , that autumn , on the letters to the seven churches , which were in Asia . Later lectures and sermons I remem- ber one , on " Signs of the Times ; " one to show that the science of geology did ...
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Page 11 - Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : all they gather themselves together, they come to thee : thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Page 6 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Page 8 - O God of Bethel, by whose hand Thy people still are fed, Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led, 2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Thy throne of grace; God of our fathers, be the God Of their succeeding race.
Page 7 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength, labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 6 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou earnest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. "In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 52 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 7 - And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : And establish thou the work of our hands...
Page 6 - Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Page 41 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 7 - O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.