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Prominent Doctrines and Peculiar Usages of the Methodist Episcopal Church Stated and Defended with Scripture Proofs and Illustrations
Rev B. Hawley
"Our main doctrines, which include all the rest, are repentance, faith, and holiness. The first of these we account, as it were, the porch of religion; the next, the door; the third, religion itself. - John Wesley"
Revised Series;82
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Proportioinate Giving
Rev William Arthur
"WHEN we speak of the duty of giving away a stated proportion of our income, we do not mean that all persons having equal incomes are bound to give away equal sums, however their other circumstances may vary. Power to give away may be modified by three circumstances family, locality, and' station."
Gold and Silver Series;5
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Public Worship
"Every man was made to glorify and enjoy God. This enjoyment is chiefly realized in acts of devotion. How many of your acquaintances are devout, thoughtful, and pious who neglect public worship? Doubtless but very few. How many, on the contrary, are vicious, wicked, and profane? Compare the church going population of your own town with those who go not to the house of God; compare them as citizens, as business men; compare their influence in society, and then say whether the public means of grace are not useful. Let the comparison be fair and faithful."
Revised Series;20
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
" "A man is known by the company he keeps," and the power of association is felt and appreciated even by the brute creation. ... "It is the tone that makes the music," says a French proverb; and it is from good Christian people we must get the key-note if we desire to learn on earth the songs that will be acceptable in heaven. Be particular with whom you associate. Whether conscious of it or not, you will be more or less influenced by your companions."
New Series;3
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"The books we read tend largely to the formation of our characters. Good books .... are to the mind what good food is to the body; they strengthen and improve its tone, put right thoughts into exercise, and cultivate noble desires."
New Series;2
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"But he [God] made the Sabbath for man, and set him an example of rest. It is not to be spent in lazy indulgence, or in perfect immunity from exertion of any sort, but in rest from worldly toil, and for spiritual refreshment. It is the bright oasis in the desert of life; a place where we can lay aside the pilgrim's staff and cloak, and enjoy the 'green pastures and still waters.' "
New Series;5
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"The body has been fitly styled the tenement of the soul, the house in which it lives; and He who gave this precious jewel into our keeping surely intended that we should take suitable care of the casket. ... Let your face be remarkable for its beauty of expression, the outward shining of the inward flame; and your body, however unsymmetrical it may be, recognized as the habitation of a lovely spirit."
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"Home is the center around which all our happiness revolves; the soil in which our graces flourish best; the stage on which we enact our best performances. there can be no home where there are not true hearts, and a happy home is one of the outposts of heaven. ... Out of the living heart must come the wealth, the fragrance, and the beauty that are to make the living-place more glorious than Solomon's temple."
New Series;6
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"Dress is really an indication of character. ... it is the duty of Christian girls to so order their dress and conversation that they may never be mistaken, as is too frequently the case, for the painted Jezebels whose praise is never in the mouth of good men."
New Series;4
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"Be 'vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked' which corrupts both mind and heart, and let your conversation be both chaste and appropriate. 'And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.' 'Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.' "
New Series;1
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Questions for Girls
Josephine Pollard
"...the soul is not cared for unless it walks with God. Morality may do for the outside of the platter, but godliness is what you need to scour the inside. Begin to care for your soul now; talk with it; get acquainted with it - for some people do not know their own souls! - and according to the word of God, as well as the word of those who have endeavoured to live righteously, you will never regret the hour you first sought communion with your own spirit and found Christ awaiting your coming."
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Riches
"Wealth is supposed to be the sure means of happiness, and is regarded by many, if not by most, as the highest object of human ambition. The possessors of riches dote with fond affection on them, and they who have not obtained wealth, covet few things so much. ... But there are riches worthy of all sacrifices. These, however, are not the riches of this world: they belong to a better."
Revised Series;54
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Ring of the True Metal
Rev JM Reid
"Our pages will tell that many since the days of Elisha have parted with the last of their meal and drained their cruse of oil for God, only to find that this was the true road to abundance. But mark you, he who obeys for gain may not get gain; but he who consecrates himself and his all to God will find a benediction in it, that in likelihood will touch his earthly store as well."
Gold and Silver Series;4
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Rome and the Republic
Rev John Lee
This pamphlet presents the idea of: "The fact can no longer be concealed from the American people that the "great war, by which they lost thousands of brave citizens and immense capital, was planned and promoted by Jesuits;" and that Pope Pius IX. did his very utmost to deal a death-blow to that Republic to establish which our Revolutionary fathers fought and bled."
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Rome in Rome No. 1
This pamphlet was written about a famous idol of modern Rome: a carved wooden doll "richly clothed and covered with jewels, meant to represent the infant Jesus" called "the most holy Babe." The Roman citizen who wrote this wants Americans to have a clear, full, and authentic statement of what is believed and done in Rome about this doll giving its history, an account of its worship, and of the miracles ascribed to it as found in a pamphlet published by the Franciscan keepers of the holy doll, in 1875, under this title; Notizie storiche della miracolosa immagine del Santo Bambino di Ara Coeli (Historical Notices of the Miraculous Image of the Holy Baby of Ara Coeli).
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Rome In Rome No. 10
A pamphlet on what the Romish saints are, which are being worshiped in Rome and also in the papal churches.
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Rome In Rome No. 3
This is a pamphlet speaking against the worship practices concerning the Holy Stair-Way or la Scala Santa as endorsed by the Papacy at that time.
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Rome in Rome No. 4
"The list of all the relics the priests of Rome pretend to possess would fill a volume. We shall confine ourselves here to those which they pretend to have been connected with St. Peter, and which they show as proofs that Peter lived and died in Rome as a pope. There is no positive proof in Christian antiquity that Peter ever came to Rome; but it is of no importance at all to know exactly whether he came here or not."
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Rome in Rome No. 5
This pamphlet expounds upon a comparison of Leo XIII's brief of 1886 with Clement XIV's brief of 1773 in light of the Jesuits and Papal authority.
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Rome in Rome No. 6
This pamphlet references "The brief issued, July, 1886, by Leo XIII., restoring to the Jesuits all the privileges which the brief of Clement XIV. had abolished, together with the society itself" and discusses the privileges of the Society of Jesuits which have been in some measure kept secret by the Jesuits, based upon possession a copy of their 'Compendium privilegiorum et gratiarum Societatis Jesu' published in 158 AD in Rome, for their private use.
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Rome in Rome No. 7
The brief of Leo XIII., issued July, 1886, proclaiming the doctrines of the Jesuits "'wholesome and solid,' while all the world knows that the Jesuits teach doctrines which Clement XIV. himself called 'scandalous and immoral.'"
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