| 1848 - 658 Seiten
...of subjects. Religion was, of course, the absorbing theme; but history, natural philosophy, grammer, and even medicine, came in for their share of his...and instructive than a cheerful, active old man. Let u$ look in upon Wesley in his hate old age. The excellent Alexander Knox met him a few years before... | |
| 1848 - 660 Seiten
...box, and become a missionary collector. Keep a little account-book of all your personal expenses. " Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can." These three Wesleyan and scriptural principles will keep you from innumerable evils. Give at every... | |
| W. H. R. - 1852 - 424 Seiten
...both in public and private, on economy, as a branch of religion;" and his well known direction, — " Gain all you can ; save all you can ; give all you can," — should never be forgotten. Thus debt, that bane of comfort, will be avoided; the means of Christian... | |
| William Annan - 1860 - 352 Seiten
...estimate is found in Wesley's " Sermon on the inefficacy of Christianity." He lays down three rules: — "Gain all you can." "Save all you can." " Give all you can." He admits " that many observe the first rule, and a few the second ; but adds that he had " no reason... | |
| Joseph Beaumont Wakeley - 1869 - 404 Seiten
...He gave away not merely a certain part of his income, but all he had." He laid down three rules : " Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can." He says, " Permit me to speak of myself as freely as I would of any other man. I gain all I can without... | |
| Luke Tyerman - 1870 - 656 Seiten
...are stained with blood." In the same sermon, he powerfully elaborates his three well known rules, — Gain all you can ; Save all you can ; Give all you can. In his "Advice to the Methodists with regard to Dress," he says : " I would not advise you to imitate... | |
| E S. P - 1872 - 594 Seiten
...and say that he seemed to feel the spirit of the universe upon him. 652. Three Bules for Life. — "Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can." So advises John Wesley. He says, " Permit me to speak of myself as freely as I would of any other man.... | |
| 1900 - 316 Seiten
...liph. 0 : 18. How to givetoit? First, give your own selves. 2 Cor. 8:5. John Wesley gives three rules: "Gain all you can; save all you can; give all you can, which means all j'ou have, to God." Give vour love to Christ. If our hearts were filled with love we... | |
| John Fletcher Hurst - 1903 - 336 Seiten
...doctrine of Christian stewardship is summed up in his sermon on The Use of Money, with its three points: "Gain all you can; save all you can; give all you can; " and he practiced what he preached. " I reverence the young," said John Wesley, " because they may... | |
| 1850 - 698 Seiten
...influence. From the sale of his books he derived the chief means for his great charities. To his honour be it spoken, the amount ascertained to have been...and instructive than a cheerful, active old man. Let ns look in upon Wesley in his hale old age." " It would not have been difficult to identify that old... | |
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