A Sketch of Missions, Or, History of the Principal Attempts to Propagate Christianity Among the HeathenFlagg and Gould, 1819 - 432 pages |
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... Praying Indians " .... Their present state .... Death of Mr. Eliot CHAPTER III . Efforts of Mr. Bourne .... Church formed .... Mr . Cotton .... Mr . Treat .... Mr . Sergeant .... His zeal for the mis- sion .... Labours at Stockbridge ...
... Praying Indians " .... Their present state .... Death of Mr. Eliot CHAPTER III . Efforts of Mr. Bourne .... Church formed .... Mr . Cotton .... Mr . Treat .... Mr . Sergeant .... His zeal for the mis- sion .... Labours at Stockbridge ...
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... prayers in the church . The idolaters used him no better than be- fore . For three years he patiently endured a series of persecutions . The people began to be softened . They compared his preaching with his practice , conclud- ed that ...
... prayers in the church . The idolaters used him no better than be- fore . For three years he patiently endured a series of persecutions . The people began to be softened . They compared his preaching with his practice , conclud- ed that ...
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... prayer . In this the missionaries held their first meetings , and labour- ed with unremitting ardour , until the king himself was converted to the truth . His subjects soon followed the example of their Prince . Converts were multipli ...
... prayer . In this the missionaries held their first meetings , and labour- ed with unremitting ardour , until the king himself was converted to the truth . His subjects soon followed the example of their Prince . Converts were multipli ...
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... prayers for the success of his missions . He continued full of zeal , to the age of seventy five , when going + onfirm some converts , in the plain of Dockum , he eheld not the converts whom he expect- ed , but a troop of angry pagans ...
... prayers for the success of his missions . He continued full of zeal , to the age of seventy five , when going + onfirm some converts , in the plain of Dockum , he eheld not the converts whom he expect- ed , but a troop of angry pagans ...
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... prayer , allowing himself but four hours sleep . * With a bell in his hand he patroled the streets of the town , summoning the heads of fami- lies to send their children to be catechised . The chil- dren flocked in from all quarters ...
... prayer , allowing himself but four hours sleep . * With a bell in his hand he patroled the streets of the town , summoning the heads of fami- lies to send their children to be catechised . The chil- dren flocked in from all quarters ...
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Page 136 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 100 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 86 - I am an aged hemlock. The winds of a hundred winters have whistled through my branches, I am dead at the top.
Page 77 - ... it had an equability of manner which scarcely appeared to exceed the tone of a calm constancy, it was so totally the reverse of any thing like turbulence or agitation. It was the calmness of an intensity...
Page 117 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with rny God.
Page 108 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Page 75 - ... operation. Old men and women, who had been drunken wretches for many years, and some little children, not more than six or seven years of age, appeared in distress for their souls, as well as persons of middle age. And it was apparent...
Page 65 - In short, there are six churches of baptized Indians in New England, and eighteen assemblies of Catechumens, professing the name of Christ: of the Indians there are four and twenty who are preachers of the word of God; and besides these, there are four English ministers who preach the gospel in the Indian tongue.
Page 75 - God seemed to descend upon the assembly " like a rushing mighty wind," and with an astonishing energy bore down all before it. I stood amazed at the influence...