Memoir of the Life of the Rt. Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, D.D.: Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Eastern DioceseStavely and McCalla, 1844 - 620 páginas |
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Página 64 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Página 546 - For to me to live is Christ ; and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour ; yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you.
Página 602 - And unto the Angel of the Church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Página 453 - But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and the ministry of the word.
Página 580 - I charge thee therefore, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdom ; preach the word, be instant in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Página 585 - And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season ? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Página 582 - Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Página 596 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Página 425 - And lest the promise should be mistaken as belonging to ministers alone, he gave the still further assurance, that where two or three are gathered together in his name, there he is, in the midst of them.
Página 229 - For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesns.