The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... expected . One thing was clear , indeed , at the outset ; namely , that we were to preach the essen- tial doctrines of the gospel as the grand means of spiritual re- novation in man . But how to secure congregations for our preaching ...
... expected . One thing was clear , indeed , at the outset ; namely , that we were to preach the essen- tial doctrines of the gospel as the grand means of spiritual re- novation in man . But how to secure congregations for our preaching ...
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... expected to be angelic beings . Undue expectations not being realized , a revulsion of feeling took place . Europeans in India are often hasty . Arthur observes , " One of the first things a Hindu does when introduced to an Englishman ...
... expected to be angelic beings . Undue expectations not being realized , a revulsion of feeling took place . Europeans in India are often hasty . Arthur observes , " One of the first things a Hindu does when introduced to an Englishman ...
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... expected to employ his officers in making copies ; but any person whom the Missionary may send will probably be allowed to write out the information re- quired . The Missionary should call on the Collector , if possible , soon after his ...
... expected to employ his officers in making copies ; but any person whom the Missionary may send will probably be allowed to write out the information re- quired . The Missionary should call on the Collector , if possible , soon after his ...
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... expected reward , for leaving friends and home . But when they approach the reality , they find the romance of this hope turned into the substantial material for disgust , weariness , and despair . * History of the Tranquebar Mission ...
... expected reward , for leaving friends and home . But when they approach the reality , they find the romance of this hope turned into the substantial material for disgust , weariness , and despair . * History of the Tranquebar Mission ...
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... expects to enter heaven , he will look at you with astonishment , and answer , ' Of course I do . ' Then look at him on his elephant , surrounded by his numerous followers , and in the enjoyment of all the comforts and pleasures of this ...
... expects to enter heaven , he will look at you with astonishment , and answer , ' Of course I do . ' Then look at him on his elephant , surrounded by his numerous followers , and in the enjoyment of all the comforts and pleasures of this ...
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Page 10 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 5 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 17 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 275 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 435 - Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will: It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?
Page 18 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 429 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 435 - Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb ; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.