 | John Murray - 1812 - 426 pàgines
...evening with incxpres sible pleasure ; but what shall we do when you arc gone ? M. You must, my good Sir, pray the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Mr. L. But, we want to have you with us ; -when we attend on your investigations all seems clear, and... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1814 - 598 pàgines
...possessed no power pf commissioning others to exercise the ministerial functions. They were oflly directed to pray the Lord of the Harvest, that HE would send forth labourers into his harvest. Christ, at that period, exercised the episcopal functions, exclusively, in his own person (Matt. ix.... | |
 | 1817 - 486 pàgines
...glory, we seem to offer ourselves as his instruments for accomplishing во grand a design. When we pray^ the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his vineyard, we furnish an implicit promise to contribute our own labour for the accomplishment of so... | |
 | 1824 - 496 pàgines
...harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few ;" let u?, therefore, with greater importunity, " pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest." THE MONROE MISSION, embracing Monroe, Bibb, Crawford, and parts of Pike and Houston counties in the... | |
 | Richard Shackleton - 1822 - 242 pàgines
...women, in gathering and preserving the Christian church. Even the head of it desired his immediate followers to pray the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. I fear some too lightly estimate their own qualifications for religious services, and so fall back... | |
 | Richard Shackleton - 1822 - 240 pàgines
...women, in gathering and preserving the Christian church. Even the head of it desired his immediate followers to pray the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. I fear some too lightly estimate their own qualifications for religious services, and so fall back... | |
 | 1822 - 746 pàgines
...efficient exertion, let us look around with compassion on the fields already white to the harvest, and " pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest." Perhaps it may not be impertinent to remark here, that, in those who are preparing for the ministry,... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pàgines
...Christ's; — a harvest, not of wealth to themselves, but of souls to their Lord! When our Saviour directed his followers to pray the Lord of the Harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest, the harvest truly was plenteous, but the labourers were few. Nor is this prayer less needful in the... | |
 | Francis Close - 1825 - 244 pàgines
...sin and wrath, and may be made obedient to the Lord. And in another place he exhorts the disciples to " pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest." " Above all," saith this unrivalled teacher, (Matt. v. 44,) " love your enemies; bless them that curse... | |
 | 1825 - 806 pàgines
...should not the removal of such able and faithful servants of Christ send us to the throne of grace, to pray the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth, labourers into his harvest, that his churches may be snp-i i plied, and his interests pre« served ?" In describing the character... | |
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Christ, who didst command thy disciples to pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest... 
