Memoir of Henry Wilkes, D.D., LL.D. His Life and Times |
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Page 173 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 30 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, and that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
Page 28 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much...
Page 218 - Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Page 255 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...
Page 234 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 251 - Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truth's sake.
Page 254 - For ye are not your own, but ye are bought with a price; wherefore glorify God in your bodies and in your spirits, which are God's."* These, and similar passages, are quite decisive.
Page 239 - God will direct our thoughts and desires to the 'King in His beauty, and the land that is very far off.