Missionary Records: China, Burmah, Ceylon, &c., &cReligious Tract Soc., 1799 - 304 pages |
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... hands , joined , and held up before the face . Women are discouraged from going to the temples , and are told to worship their parents at home , for they are the best gods . When any one is sick , and death is apprehended , persons are ...
... hands , joined , and held up before the face . Women are discouraged from going to the temples , and are told to worship their parents at home , for they are the best gods . When any one is sick , and death is apprehended , persons are ...
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... hands till one slip falls out , and after ascertaining the number , they receive in the temple a paper with a corresponding mark , and in this their future fortune is written . They have , it appears , favourite deities , as well as ...
... hands till one slip falls out , and after ascertaining the number , they receive in the temple a paper with a corresponding mark , and in this their future fortune is written . They have , it appears , favourite deities , as well as ...
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... hand . This print was pasted on a large scroll of paper , which was hung up in one of the rooms of the priests , and incense vessels were placed be- fore it . Observing some Chinese writing on the scroll , I was anxious to read it , but ...
... hand . This print was pasted on a large scroll of paper , which was hung up in one of the rooms of the priests , and incense vessels were placed be- fore it . Observing some Chinese writing on the scroll , I was anxious to read it , but ...
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... hand ; and he will ever find great satisfaction in leaving an appropriate one in the house where he has been visiting ; or by putting one into the hands of those with whom he has been conversing ; or by dropping one on the highway ...
... hand ; and he will ever find great satisfaction in leaving an appropriate one in the house where he has been visiting ; or by putting one into the hands of those with whom he has been conversing ; or by dropping one on the highway ...
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... hand of his God upon him , not only preached the gospel round the border of the Chinese em- pire , but also printed ten or more tracts , in ten of its provincial cities , in each of which thousands of copies were distributed , and where ...
... hand of his God upon him , not only preached the gospel round the border of the Chinese em- pire , but also printed ten or more tracts , in ten of its provincial cities , in each of which thousands of copies were distributed , and where ...
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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.