 | Literature - 1891 - 938 pages
...to have two sons at Oxford — for Charles had now joined his elder brother, John — " to whom God has given grace and courage to turn the war against...and the devil, which is the best way to conquer them Go on, then, in God's name, in the path to which your Saviour hath directed you ; . . . . walk prudently,... | |
 | John Henry Overton - Emotions - 1891 - 252 pages
...Valde probo, and that I have the highest reason to bless God that He has given me two sons together in Oxford, to whom He has given grace and courage to turn the war against the world and the devil? . . . You have reason to bless God, as I do, that you have so fast a friend as Mr. Morgan, who I see... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - Biography & Autobiography - 1892 - 382 pages
...highest reason to bless God that He has given me two sons together at Oxford, to whom He has granted grace and courage to turn the war against the world and the devil." A curacy was offered to John eight miles from Oxford, at thirty pounds a year, which he accepted in... | |
 | John Fletcher Hurst - Clergy - 1903 - 336 pages
...of visiting the sick. John Wesley wrote to his father for counsel, and received an inspiring letter: "I have the highest reason to bless God that he has...the devil, which is the best way to conquer them." the visiting was extended to poor families in the city. Children were also taught. One of these, a... | |
 | Caleb Thomas Winchester - Clergy - 1906 - 336 pages
...than Valde probo, and that I have the highest reason to bless God he has given me two sons together in Oxford to whom he has given grace and courage to turn the war against the world and the devil. . . . Go on then in God's name, in the path to which your Saviour has directed you, and that track... | |
 | George Lacey May - Christian biography - 1920 - 242 pages
...mercy, ha wrote to his father asking for his advice and approval. The good old man answered thus : — As to your designs and employments, what can I say...them. They have but one more enemy to combat with, the flesh ; which if they take care to subdue with fasting and prayer, there will be no more for them... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Theology - 1868 - 552 pages
...can I say less of thcm than valrfe prolo : and that I have the highest reason to bless God that Ho has given me two sons together at Oxford, to whom...is the best way to conquer them. They have but one enemy to combat with, the flesh ; which, if they take care to subdue, by fasting and prayer, there... | |
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And now as to your own designs and employments, what can I say less of them than, Valde probo :* and that I have the highest reason to bless God, that he has given me two sons together at Oxford, to whom he has given grace and courage to turn the war... 
