 But we were gentle- among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.  The Missionary Herald - Page 851837Full view - About this book
 | William Carus Wilson - 598 pages
...all others endeared to me by ties of kindred and of grace, that, in the language of St. Paul,) I am gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so being affectionately desirous of, I am Trilling to impart to you, not the Gospel of God only, but my own soul also, because you are dear... | |
 | 1824 - 570 pages
...day before the assembled universe. To such a spirit Paul adverts when he says to the Thessalonians, " We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so, being affeclionalely desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only,... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 814 pages
...find in your service; if you could believe us when we say (I trust truly), that we are ready to impart unto you, not the Gospel of God only, but our own souls also, because you are dear to us;* and we long for your salvation ; then you would think more favourably of us. But,... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 570 pages
...pleasing men, but God who trieth their hearts.' And ' being affectionately desirous of you,' he was ' willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also his own soul, because ye were dear unto him.' And, I may add, ' ye are witnesses, and God also,... | |
 | John Newton - 1824 - 646 pages
...SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1779. THE DAY OF HIS FIRST PUBLIC SERVICE IN THAT CHURCH, Bf JOHN NEWTON, RECTOR. Being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, uol the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.— 1 Tin ii. 8. [FIRST... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel... | |
 | Moses Stuart - 1824 - 448 pages
...made all things to all men, that I might by all means, save some." And to the Thessalonians he says, " We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children." If then you act upon the maxims and follow the examples of this great model of missionary wisdom, you... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pages
...taught, 1 Thes. ii. 7, 8 ; where the Apostle speaking of himself, and his fellow ministers, says, " We were gentle among you even as a nurse cherisheth...imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." Thus ought every minister of the gospel to feel... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 488 pages
...Master and his household. He might truly say, "'God is witness, that, instead of being burdensome, we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth...imparted unto you not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily. and justly,... | |
 | Barbara Allan Simon - 1825 - 142 pages
...you nor of others, when we might have taken authority as the apostles of Christ ; but we were tender among you even as a nurse cherisheth her children....imparted unto you not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear to us. For ye remember, brethren, what labour and travail,... | |
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