Missionary Records: China, Burmah, Ceylon, &c., &cReligious Tract Soc., 1799 - 304 pages |
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... give the people no instruction , either in the principles of morality , or in the rites of their religion and there is no social worship , nor any day of rest , on which to assemble at the temples . Some regard is paid to the new and ...
... give the people no instruction , either in the principles of morality , or in the rites of their religion and there is no social worship , nor any day of rest , on which to assemble at the temples . Some regard is paid to the new and ...
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... give the Holy Spirit to all mankind . " Le- angafa replied , that " the mind of God was un- fathomable , and his ways incomprehensible by carnal man . A child of three years old could not understand the thoughts or the doings of a hoary ...
... give the Holy Spirit to all mankind . " Le- angafa replied , that " the mind of God was un- fathomable , and his ways incomprehensible by carnal man . A child of three years old could not understand the thoughts or the doings of a hoary ...
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... give himself to the Lord , and live to his glory . " His wife professes belief in the Saviour , and has abandoned the worship of idols ; but clings still to the honorary homage paid to the names of ancestors . Leangafa is anxious for ...
... give himself to the Lord , and live to his glory . " His wife professes belief in the Saviour , and has abandoned the worship of idols ; but clings still to the honorary homage paid to the names of ancestors . Leangafa is anxious for ...
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... give in- formation concerning it and the surrounding na- tions . The Indo - Chinese Gleaner , at Malacca ; the Canton newspapers , and the Chinese Reposi- tory , have all risen up since this mission com- menced . Missionary voyages have ...
... give in- formation concerning it and the surrounding na- tions . The Indo - Chinese Gleaner , at Malacca ; the Canton newspapers , and the Chinese Reposi- tory , have all risen up since this mission com- menced . Missionary voyages have ...
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... give heed to the repeated instructions they had enjoyed - as if , and as it proved , they were to enjoy them no more . In singing - his favourite devotional exer- cise - he sung with them the hymn which he had prepared and translated ...
... give heed to the repeated instructions they had enjoyed - as if , and as it proved , they were to enjoy them no more . In singing - his favourite devotional exer- cise - he sung with them the hymn which he had prepared and translated ...
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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.