Seven Years' Street Preaching in San Francisco, California: Embracing Incidents, Triumphant Death Scenes, Etcauthor, 1856 - 394 sider William Taylor (1821-1902) was a Methodist minister specializing in "street preaching" in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., when the Methodist church sent him to California as a missionary evangelist in 1849. He remained in the West for seven years, going on to become one of the church's most tireless worldwide evangelists. He later conducted crusades in Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and South Africa. In 1884 he was named Missionary Bishop for Africa and he focused his energies on missionary activities on that continent. Taylor spent his last years in California, the site of his first mission. California Life Illustrated (1858) expands on his reminiscences in Seven Years' Street Preaching in San Francisco (1857). He describes his voyage to California and gives details of family life, social life, politics and church history in San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Sacramento. He comments at length on California agriculture and mineral resources and offers a chapter on mining camp life. After founding the Powell Street church, Taylor explains, he undertook a mission to sailors in San Francisco which left him so burdened by debt that he returned east to publish books and conduct revivals in the hope of putting his finances in order. |
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... fellow ; but finding the street blocked up with this living mass of humanity , he drew the spile , and out gurgled the most profano oaths and curses . But , while there is now all the difference between outwardly moral and out ...
... fellow ; but finding the street blocked up with this living mass of humanity , he drew the spile , and out gurgled the most profano oaths and curses . But , while there is now all the difference between outwardly moral and out ...
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... fellow ! How gladly would he kick off that heavy chain , and be free ! But look at that great band of iron round his leg , and the strong links . He cannot break them . And yet he is no more a prisoner to - day , under that heavy chain ...
... fellow ! How gladly would he kick off that heavy chain , and be free ! But look at that great band of iron round his leg , and the strong links . He cannot break them . And yet he is no more a prisoner to - day , under that heavy chain ...
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... fellow came close to the barrel on which I stood , and looking up into my face , said : " The apostle David says , it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks . " " See here , my friend , " said I , " when did you arrive , sir ...
... fellow came close to the barrel on which I stood , and looking up into my face , said : " The apostle David says , it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks . " " See here , my friend , " said I , " when did you arrive , sir ...
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... fellow that dare persist in such an outrage may expect that even the gam- blers will give him a licking . " " I have often caused men , when trying to make a disturbance , to run and hide themselves , by offering an apology for their ...
... fellow that dare persist in such an outrage may expect that even the gam- blers will give him a licking . " " I have often caused men , when trying to make a disturbance , to run and hide themselves , by offering an apology for their ...
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... fellow is very sharp , and does not always design to get his servants into such troubles ; for he wishes to tie them permanently to his interest , and lead them quietly down to hell . While you look with con- tempt upon the poor boot ...
... fellow is very sharp , and does not always design to get his servants into such troubles ; for he wishes to tie them permanently to his interest , and lead them quietly down to hell . While you look with con- tempt upon the poor boot ...
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Side 20 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Side 346 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Side 168 - And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased : and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Side 280 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Side 45 - The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings...
Side 12 - Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, go out quickly into the streets, and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Side 120 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Side 302 - And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Side 123 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.