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Life of William Carey, Shoemaker and Missionary by Smith, George (1833-1919)
CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF ENGLAND’S FOREIGN MISSIONS 1785-1792 Moulton the Mission’s birthplace--Carey’s fever and poverty--His Moulton school--Fired with the missionary idea--His very large missionary map--Fuller’s confession of the aged and respectable ministers’ opposition--Old Mr.
ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus by Hippolytus of Rome (170-235)
Gallandi, Vet. Patr., ii. 451. Two fragments of this discourse are extant also in the Parallela Damascenica Rupefucaldina, pp. 755, 789. [Compare Justin, vol. i. p.
Refutation of All Heresies by Hippolytus of Rome (170-235)
Gallandi, Vet. Patr., ii. 451. Two fragments of this discourse are extant also in the Parallela Damascenica Rupefucaldina, pp. 755, 789. [Compare Justin, vol. i. p.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume II. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 2 From the close of the General Conference of 1812 to the death of Bishop Asbury, in 1816 Soon after the adjournment of the conference, namely, on the 18th of June, the United States declared war against Great Britain.
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
(St. Matthew i. 25; St. Luke ii. 1-20.) SUCH then was ‘the hope of the promise made of God unto the fathers,’ for which the twelve tribes, ‘instantly serving (God) night and day,’ longed - with such vividness, that they read it in almost every event and promise; with such earnestness, that it ever was the burden of their prayers; with such intensity,…
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. III by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire) by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Exhortation to the Heathen by Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215)
But you say it is not creditable to subvert the customs handed down to us from our fathers. And why, then, do we not still use our first nourishment, milk,…
First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women by Knox, John (c. 1505-1572)
. To promote a woman to beare rule, superioritie, dominion or empire aboue any realme, nation, or citie, is repugnant to nature, contumelie to God, a thing most contrarious to his reueled will and approued ordinance, and finallie it is the subuersion of good order, of all equitie and iustice In the probation of this proposition, I will not be so curious, as to gather what soeuer may amplifie,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 42: 1896 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit, who can bear?" Proverbs 18:14. EVERY man, sooner or later, has some kind of infirmity to bear.
Saints' Everlasting Rest by Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)
’ REST. The important design of the apostle in the text, to which the author earnestly bespeaks the attention of the reader. The saints’ rest defined, with a general plan of the work that this rest presupposes.