The Christian Miscellany, and Family Visiter Volume 5 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...article after another went, till part of his land, and all his stock, were gone, except one pig, now fat in the sty. The intemperate, unhappy man, " sold under sin," was contemplating the taking of this " last pig " to pay off a score run up at a neighbouring house, where they sold intoxicating liquors, when God, by a remarkable instrumentality, suddenly arrested him in rapid progress to destruction, and made him a striking monument of his mercy. CONVERSION BY THE BITE OP A VENOMOUS REPTILE. Stepping out of his hut one night for a log of wood to lay on his fire, while in the act of laying hold to lift it from the ground, he accidentally grasped in his hand a deadly snake The fearful reptile instantly bit him in the wrist. As death often ensued shortly after a bite of this kind, he was seized Vol. v. o 194 THE AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. with violent alarm for his life. Eternity, and " the wrath to come," opened before him. He hastened to Windsor, a neighbouring township, to seek relief. On entering the house of the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, he fell fainting on the threshold. Recovering from insensibility, medical aid was obtained; and by a gracious providence he was saved from dying in his sins. The event was sanctified. He was awakened by the Spirit of truth; and the more deadly bite of the " old serpent, the devil," now engaged his anxious thoughts. He thirsted for the water of life. His fervent soul sought refuge in Gilead's balm, the atoning blood of Jesus. Soon the opening heavens with the sacred beams of mercy shone around him. He obtained to his guilty conscience the inward " whisper " of pardon and salvation. Old things were done away; all things became new. " The same man was just and devout, and the Holy ...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...article after another went, till part of his land, and all his stock, were gone, except one pig, now fat in the sty. The intemperate, unhappy man, " sold under sin," was contemplating the taking of this " last pig " to pay off a score run up at a neighbouring house, where they sold intoxicating liquors, when God, by a remarkable instrumentality, suddenly arrested him in rapid progress to destruction, and made him a striking monument of his mercy. CONVERSION BY THE BITE OP A VENOMOUS REPTILE. Stepping out of his hut one night for a log of wood to lay on his fire, while in the act of laying hold to lift it from the ground, he accidentally grasped in his hand a deadly snake The fearful reptile instantly bit him in the wrist. As death often ensued shortly after a bite of this kind, he was seized Vol. v. o 194 THE AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. with violent alarm for his life. Eternity, and " the wrath to come," opened before him. He hastened to Windsor, a neighbouring township, to seek relief. On entering the house of the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, he fell fainting on the threshold. Recovering from insensibility, medical aid was obtained; and by a gracious providence he was saved from dying in his sins. The event was sanctified. He was awakened by the Spirit of truth; and the more deadly bite of the " old serpent, the devil," now engaged his anxious thoughts. He thirsted for the water of life. His fervent soul sought refuge in Gilead's balm, the atoning blood of Jesus. Soon the opening heavens with the sacred beams of mercy shone around him. He obtained to his guilty conscience the inward " whisper " of pardon and salvation. Old things were done away; all things became new. " The same man was just and devout, and the Holy ...

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United States

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March 2012

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March 2012

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246 x 189 x 14mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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268

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978-1-130-34032-7

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9781130340327

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1-130-34032-5



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