Missionary Records: China, Burmah, Ceylon, &c., &cReligious Tract Soc., 1799 - 304 pages |
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... assistance to christian missionaries ! " On the 11th of November , 1818 , major Farquhar , late English resident and commandant of Malacca , laid the foundation stone of an institution called the Anglo - Chinese College , in the ...
... assistance to christian missionaries ! " On the 11th of November , 1818 , major Farquhar , late English resident and commandant of Malacca , laid the foundation stone of an institution called the Anglo - Chinese College , in the ...
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... assistance of a single individual . " Zu , a Fuhkeen man , " he says , " thought and acted like all his countrymen , who give a man up and leave him to his fate as soon as he is unable to eat rice . " But , though deserted by all his ...
... assistance of a single individual . " Zu , a Fuhkeen man , " he says , " thought and acted like all his countrymen , who give a man up and leave him to his fate as soon as he is unable to eat rice . " But , though deserted by all his ...
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... assistance . In the spring of 1817 , in consequence of the Dutch government attempting to take some troops from the Molucca islands for Java , the natives of the island of Lupperwaro , near Amboyna , rose in insurrection , and murdered ...
... assistance . In the spring of 1817 , in consequence of the Dutch government attempting to take some troops from the Molucca islands for Java , the natives of the island of Lupperwaro , near Amboyna , rose in insurrection , and murdered ...
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... assistance in writing and trans- lating letters in the Malay language , he , at that period , laid aside his intention . In the autumn of the same year , however , he was enabled to carry it into execution ; and the principal incidents ...
... assistance in writing and trans- lating letters in the Malay language , he , at that period , laid aside his intention . In the autumn of the same year , however , he was enabled to carry it into execution ; and the principal incidents ...
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... assistance from him : from the Prophet , however , whom we worship , we expect salvation ; because all power is given to Him in heaven and earth , according to the good pleasure of God . ' " Surely this man was not far from the kingdom ...
... assistance from him : from the Prophet , however , whom we worship , we expect salvation ; because all power is given to Him in heaven and earth , according to the good pleasure of God . ' " Surely this man was not far from the kingdom ...
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Page 160 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 138 - Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Page 178 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 166 - America, and my beloved friends there — but for nearly a year and a half, so entirely engrossed was every thought, with present scenes and sufferings, that I seldom reflected on a single occurrence of my former life, or recollected that I had a friend in existence out of Ava.
Page 166 - The officers who had taken possession of our property presented it to his majesty, saying, " Judson is a true teacher ; we found nothing in his house but what belongs to priests. In addition to this money, there are an immense number of books, medicines, trunks of wearing apparel, &c., of which we have only taken a list. Shall we take them, or let them remain ? "
Page 200 - As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Page 19 - ... or other men. His knowledge of course is very limited, and his views perhaps obscure, but I hope that his faith in Jesus is sincere. I took for my guide what Philip said to the Eunuch, — ' If thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest
Page 163 - ... in amazement at the indignities offered their master — and the hardened executioner, with a kind of hellish joy, drew tight the cords, bound Mr. Judson fast, and dragged him off, I knew not whither. In vain I begged and entreated the spotted face to take the silver, and loosen the ropes ; but he spurned my offers, and immediately departed. I gave the money, however, to Moung Ing, to follow after, to make some further attempt to mitigate the torture of Mr.
Page 139 - ... at the further end of which a curtain of black velvet, embossed with gold, conceals the august animal from the eyes of the vulgar, and before this curtain the offerings intended for him are displayed. His dwelling is a lofty hall covered with splendid gilding...
Page 42 - FIRM as the earth thy gospel stands, My Lord, my hope, my trust ; If I am found in Jesus' hands, My soul can ne'er be lost.