Missionary Records: China, Burmah, Ceylon, &c., &cReligious Tract Soc., 1799 - 304 pages |
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... distributed , and the blocks made a present of to some persons who may , from regard to their own interest , multiply copies and sell them . If he want the same tract , or some other one , at the next province or large town , it can be ...
... distributed , and the blocks made a present of to some persons who may , from regard to their own interest , multiply copies and sell them . If he want the same tract , or some other one , at the next province or large town , it can be ...
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... distribute short tracts as the most prac- ticable method of disseminating Divine truth . It is a delightful fact that the Bible has been now for several years circulating in different parts of China , even to the very heart of the ...
... distribute short tracts as the most prac- ticable method of disseminating Divine truth . It is a delightful fact that the Bible has been now for several years circulating in different parts of China , even to the very heart of the ...
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... distribute portions of the Lord's word . I have a confidence and a hope in the pure text of holy Scripture , as derived from Divine inspiration , far superior to any human composition , for the sake of the heathen . Yesterday Leangafa ...
... distribute portions of the Lord's word . I have a confidence and a hope in the pure text of holy Scripture , as derived from Divine inspiration , far superior to any human composition , for the sake of the heathen . Yesterday Leangafa ...
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... distributed more than 2,500 volumes of Scripture tracts , and his own " Good Words to admonish the Age , " among the 24,000 literary graduates who had assembled in that city for public examination . The books are said to have been ...
... distributed more than 2,500 volumes of Scripture tracts , and his own " Good Words to admonish the Age , " among the 24,000 literary graduates who had assembled in that city for public examination . The books are said to have been ...
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... distributed a considerable number of tracts . Mr. Beighton afterwards opened two Malay schools , and was followed by Mr. Ince . The books he distributed were received with apparent plea- sure and thankfulness , and the Chinese requested ...
... distributed a considerable number of tracts . Mr. Beighton afterwards opened two Malay schools , and was followed by Mr. Ince . The books he distributed were received with apparent plea- sure and thankfulness , and the Chinese requested ...
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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.