The Night of Toil: Or, A Familiar Account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands

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Hatchard, 1838 - 462 pages

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Page 77 - WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Page 54 - What shall we eat, what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Page 138 - An ungodly man diggeth up evil : and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Page 441 - And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also...
Page 75 - If any man sin,' saith St. John, ' we have an advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins.
Page 27 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 394 - We present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is wisdom ; this is the Royal Law ; these are the lively Oracles of God.
Page 441 - But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest ; for as concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
Page 182 - Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Page 10 - O'EE the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still, and gaze; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace; Blessed jubilee! Let thy glorious morning dawn.

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