Autobiography of Rev. James B. Finley: Or, Pioneer Life in the West

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Printed at the Methodist book concern for the author, 1854 - 455 páginas
 

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Página 408 - Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Página 390 - For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children : That the generation to come might know them, Even the children which should be born ; Who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in GOD, And not forget the works of GOD, But keep His commandments...
Página 344 - Paul preached, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that he might present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
Página 171 - At one time I saw at least five hundred swept down in a moment, as if a battery of a thousand guns had been opened upon them : and then immediately followed shrieks and shouts that rent the very heavens.
Página 370 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
Página 29 - ... to suppose that so bad a man could ever become an Indian at heart, like their brother Girty; that the Kentuckians were all alike, very bad people, and ought to be killed as fast as they were taken; and finally, they observed, that many of their people had come from a distance solely to assist at the torture of the prisoner, and pathetically painted the disappointment and chagrin with which they would hear that all their trouble had been for nothing.
Página 380 - O, the transporting scenes that fell upon my vision as the emerald portals, wide and high, rolled back upon their golden hinges! Then, in its fullest extent, did I realize the invocation of the poet: "Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring To my raptured vision All the ecstatic joys that spring Round the bright Elysian.
Página 370 - ... With tears streaming from his eyes, he cried aloud to the wicked, warning them of their danger, denouncing their certain doom, if they persisted in their sins ; expressing his love to their souls, and desire that they would turn to the Lord and be saved. He was held up by two men, and spoke for about an hour with that convincing eloquence that could be inspired only from above.' When his strength seemed quite exhausted and language failed to describe the feelings of his soul, he raised his hand,...
Página 390 - He established a Testimony in Jacob, and appointed a Law in Israel ; which He commanded our fathers that they should make known to their children ; that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children : that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments...
Página 393 - What can be done to instruct poor children, white and black, to read ? "Answer. Let us labor as the heart and soul of one man to establish Sunday schools in or near the place of public worship. Let persons be appointed by the bishops, elders, deacons, or preachers to teach gratis all that will attend and have a capacity to learn, from...

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