Recollections of mr. Edwin Budgett, by a ministerial friend

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Author, 1850 - 87 Seiten
 

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Seite 31 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Seite 75 - Then let me suddenly remove, That hidden life to share ; I shall not lose my friends above, But more enjoy them there. There we in Jesu's praise shall join, His boundless love proclaim. And solemnize in songs divine The marriage of the Lamb.
Seite 76 - O how well to be in the way of duty with death so near ! His leader asked him, with commendable fidelity, if he could then testify that he was assuredly born again, made a child of God, and consequently an heir of Heaven. Edwin humbly, but distinctly, replied, ' I feel thankful that I do know that I am a child of God. I have had in the past week seasons of communion with Him, and desire more constantly to realise His presence, and live to His glory.
Seite 87 - These limbs of man I to thy care consign, And trust the noble fragments to thy breast. This house was once the mansion of a soul Brought into life by its Creator's breath ; Wisdom did once this living mass control ; And Christ was there enshrined, who conquers death. Cover this Body to thy care consign'd...
Seite 86 - Receive him, Earth, unto thine harbouring shrine ; In thy soft tranquil bosom let him rest ; These limbs of man I to thy care consign, And trust the noble fragments to thy breast. This house was once the mansion of a soul Brought into life by its Creator's breath ; Wisdom did once this living mass control ; And Christ was there enshrined, who conquers death. Cover this Body to thy care...
Seite 76 - As a member of the Wesleyan Society in Kingswood, he was very regular and punctual in attendance on his class; and on Tuesday evening he was promptly there, and in his usual seat. O how well to be in the way of duty with death so near! His leader asked him, with commendable fidelity, if he could then testify that he was assuredly born again, made a child of God, and consequently an heir of heaven. Edwin humbly, but distinctly, replied, 'I feel thankful that I <lo know that I am a child of God.
Seite 28 - It was suggested to him, that he need not thus deprive himself; but he replied, that he would not offer unto God that which cost him nothing.

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