The communion was peaceably concluded ; all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and singing with a joyful noise to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant, as the night fell, to hear their melody swelling in full unison along the hill,... Memoirs of the Rev. John Blackader - Page 188by Andrew Crichton, John Blackader - 1826 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
| Christianity - 952 pages
...preached the action sermon, Mr. Blackadder and some other ministers served the tables in rotation ; the communion was peaceably concluded ; all the people...pleasant, as the night fell, to hear their melody in full unison along the hill, the whole congregation joining with one accord, and praising God with... | |
| John Howie - 1839 - 660 pages
...the service ; all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and praying with a joy ful voice, to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant as...hear their melody swelling in full unison, along the hills. There were two long tables, and one short one across the head, with scats on each side. About... | |
| Thomas M'Crie - Reformation - 1841 - 602 pages
...peaceably concluded, all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and singing with a joyful voice to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant, as...short across the head, with seats on each side. About 100 sat at every table. There were 16 tables in all, so that about 3200 communicated that day."* We... | |
| Church history - 1841 - 848 pages
...communion was peaceably concluded ; all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and singing with »'joyful noise to the Rock of their salvation. It...voice of psalms. There were two long tables, and one ihort, acroi* the bead, with leati on each side. About a hundred lat at every table : there were sixteen... | |
| 834 pages
...peaceably concluded, •11 the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and singing with a joyful voice to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant, as...congregation joining with one accord, and praising God with tile voice of psalms. " There were two long tables, and one short, across the head, with seats on each... | |
| John Howie - Covenanters - 1863 - 680 pages
...the service ; all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and praying with a joyful voice, to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant as...hear their melody swelling in full unison, along the liills. There were two long tables, and one short one across the head, with seats on each side. About... | |
| 1864 - 936 pages
...peaceably concluded, all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and singing with a joyful voice to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant, as the night fell, to hoar their melody swelling in full unison along the hills, the whole congregation joining with one... | |
| John Waddington - Congregationalism - 1874 - 756 pages
...gratitude, and singing with a joyful voice to the rock of their salvation. It was pleasant at the nightfall to hear their melody swelling in full unison along...across the head, with seats on each side. About a hundre 1 sat at every table There were sixteen tables in all, so that about three thousand two hundred... | |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Clergy - 1877 - 218 pages
...peaceably concluded, all the people heartily offering up their gratitude, and singing with a joyful voice to the Rock of their salvation. It was pleasant as the night fell to hear their melody swelling in 6 full unison along the hill, the whole congregation joining with one accord, and praising God with... | |
| John Ker, Jean L. Watson - Scotland - 1880 - 244 pages
...declared they carried more like ambassadors from the court of heaven, than men cast in earthly mould. The communion was peaceably concluded, all the people...accord, and praising God with the voice of psalms." We have given these extracts at greater length, that the spirit of these gatherings may he understood,... | |
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