| John Lathrop - 1804 - 54 páginas
...transitory nature of all earthly enjoyments ; and admonishes us with forcible emphasis, to be also ready. The Fathers, where are they ? And the Prophets, do they live forever ? Let us listen to the warning voice and obey. Let us comfort one another with the declaration of the... | |
| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 páginas
...Moses to this time, in the dreadful havoc which death has made among the inhabitants of the world. " The fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live forever ?" No, they have seen corruption, and so must we who now appear in this house. That youth is not the... | |
| 1841 - 712 páginas
...have gone down to the dust, and have seen corruption ! How many ministers have been taken away ! ' The fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live forever ?' Of all the ministers that belonged to the Wiltshire Association when I entered it, I am the only... | |
| William Clayton - 1814 - 420 páginas
...Frequently we miss, amidst our assemblies, those who are not permitted to continue by reason of death. " The fathers, where are they ; " and the prophets, do they live forever ?" and not withstanding the consolatory thought that they see his face in the high and holy temple... | |
| George Putnam - 1834 - 452 páginas
...profit by the solemn scenes of this day ! We are all reminded hereby of our frailty and mortality. " The fathers, where are they ? And the Prophets, do they live forever ? " (Zech. 15.) The silent remains of the late shepherd of this flock of Christ remind us, my brethren... | |
| William Jay - 1834 - 330 páginas
...flood. It has seen many carried down to their graves, and has brought us so much nearer our own. " The fathers— where are they? And the prophets — do they live forever? Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. And when a few years are come, we... | |
| 1819 - 588 páginas
...among you, the changes as to God's ministering servants in this vicinity, have been numerous and great. The Fathers, where are they; and the Prophets, do they live forever. Among the pastors of the neighbouring parishes, only one survives, who is my senior ; while several... | |
| Matthew Richey - 1839 - 394 páginas
...it ia pourtrayed to our hand by the Rev. Mr. Knight, who had the privilege of witnessing it. " ' Our Fathers, where are they ? and the Prophets, do they live forever ?' The time came when the man who had been for so many years looked up to as the Father of Methodism in this... | |
| 1839 - 610 páginas
...was not so white then as it is now. Oh, how few remain now who were engaged in that anniversary ! " The fathers, where are they; and the prophets, do they live forever?" Oreathead and Bogue, where are ye? Waugh, Wilkes,-Townsend, Burder, and Hill, these may be called the... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1856 - 196 páginas
...often said had no gloom for him, has now received his mortal body, and his spirit has gone home to God. The fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live forever \ TROY CONFERENCE, Held at Burlington, Vermont, June 18-25, 1856. BISHOP MORRIS, Presiding. SD BROWN,... | |
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