 | Samuel Abraham Walker - 1847 - 662 pages
...countenance, and seemingly in the act of prayer, his blessed spirit joined the innumerable company of the Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." Among the most assiduous of those friends who attended poor Cates in his last moments, was the Rev.... | |
 | Mystery - 1850 - 512 pages
...us, that they without us should not be made perfect." (Heb. xi. 39, 40.) This is the general assembly of the church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven; sealed when in this life by the Spirit of God until the day of redemption. "And I heard a voice from... | |
 | John Hooper - 1851 - 192 pages
...JESUS ; so shall we be found, in that coming morning of eternal redemption, partakers of the adoption, members of the Church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven, who shall be passed over when judgment shall come upon all flesh; and we shall be exalted into that... | |
 | 1851 - 746 pages
...prayer, and in thanksgiving and holy conference, will now be gathered together in the general assembly of the church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and Oh ! with what transports of delight will they recount the labours, the difficulties, the trials,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1853 - 960 pages
...They would naturally become models of imitation to others, and would exert no ordinary influence on the community at large. It was therefore gratifying...has been irreproachable, whose views of divine truth have been clear and scriptural, and whose motives, so far as we could judge, have been pure, have remained... | |
 | David Wilder - 1853 - 280 pages
...desiring that you and we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord, and finally be admitted members of the church of the first-born, whose names are written in Heaven. Amen." FORM OF ADMISSION TO THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH. ADDRESS. BELOVED FRIENDS : — You have now presented... | |
 | 1853 - 860 pages
...alluded to, resign his connection with it. i. A gospel church is a visible and imperfect representation of "the church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven," — that mystical body of which the Lord Jesus is the glorious Head. But though necessarily imperfect,... | |
 | David Wilder - 1853 - 274 pages
...desiring that you and we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord, and finally be admitted members of the church of the first-born, whose names are written in Heavcu. Amen." FORM OF ADMISSION TO THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH. ADDRESS. BELOVED FRIENDS :—You have now... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 564 pages
...Sion, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an. innumerable company of angels, and to the general assembly of the Church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven ;" the allusion being plainly to the book of life. You find another allusion to it in Revelation ix.... | |
 | William Leask - 1854 - 422 pages
...brotherhood ; — of the Church of the ecclesiastical historian, or that of the earnest polemic ; — but of the Church of the First-born, whose names are written in heaven; and this, in its constitution, spirit, purpose, and destiny, is altogether a Divine thing. In this,... | |
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These meetings were exceedingly interesting, from the simple yet unequivocal evidences often afforded of the operation of the Spirit of the Almighty upon the hearts of the people. Our little church, from time to time, received considerable accessions... 
