He confessed that immediately on his return home, he fell for the first time on his knees, and with crying and tears poured forth the strong emotion of his heart in the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner. The Life of William Wilberforce - Página 462por Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce - 1839 - 544 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1839 - 702 páginas
...condescend to accspt the praises of such poor creatures as we are. I desire to leave the world with the language of the publican, ' God be merciful to me a sinner.' ' Nothing in my hands I bring, Simply to thy crosa I cling.' Give me holiness here, if there be nothing... | |
| 1831 - 492 páginas
...God. When it utters the cheerful notes of gratitude and joy, or the plaintive desires of the soul in the language of the publican, ' God be merciful to me a sinner,' When it expresses its desires after God in these touching words. (Ps. xlii. 1,) 'As the hart panteth... | |
| Theophilus Ransom Gates - 1819 - 300 páginas
...and thank God that we are not as other men ; but let us candidly acknowledge our criminality, and use the language of the publican, •—God be merciful to me a sinner. The following extract from Barclay's apology, will further tend to shew the insufficiency of all our... | |
| 1821 - 488 páginas
...not •we expect to see produced ? Many of those converted have found peace in crying to the Lord in the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner." In one case, a young lady, under deep distress, desired her father to arise from lus bed and pray that... | |
| John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1824 - 526 páginas
...services, will find cause to acknowledge that he is an " unprofitable servant," and in deep humility to adopt the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner b." But alas! there are those, who, when they review the year which is past, find it marked by indifference... | |
| 1839 - 248 páginas
...her and spoke of the compassion of the Saviour, urging her to pray to him. She did pray, employing the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner." Some time after this, on her expressing some degree of hope of pardon, she was questioned concerning... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1826 - 412 páginas
...the guilty from the wrath to come. But God is now ready to forgive all who feel the spirit and sp^ak the language of the publican ;, *' God be merciful to me, a sinner." 27 SERMON XIII. THE MOSAIC DISPENSATION ABOLISHED BY THH CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION. HEBREWS, x. 9— -He... | |
| John Richards - 1827 - 466 páginas
...of sin, all self-righteousness and self-dependence, must be abandoned. We must adopt from the heart the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me, a sinner." Then, and not till then, will Christ be seen as he is, and be valued as the only and all sufficient... | |
| Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1828 - 698 páginas
...first time on his knees, and with crying and tears poured forth the strong emotion of his heart in the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner." Should this record meet the eye or the ear of the individual so deeply interested in it, we would remind... | |
| Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - 370 páginas
...first time on his knees, and with crying and tears poured forth the strong emotion of his heart in the language of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner." Should this record meet the eye or the ear of the individual so deeply interested in it, we would remind... | |
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