The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... give his opinions . Several should write , that questions may be viewed from dif- ferent stand - points . The object of the following work is not to show to Christian friends in England the progress which has been made , and to ...
... give his opinions . Several should write , that questions may be viewed from dif- ferent stand - points . The object of the following work is not to show to Christian friends in England the progress which has been made , and to ...
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... over to your way of thinking than if you took another course . 3. Guard against one - sided views . - Some would Missions the Chief End , & c . pp . 52 & 59 , give up every effort except preaching ; others have no INTRODUCTION . 7.
... over to your way of thinking than if you took another course . 3. Guard against one - sided views . - Some would Missions the Chief End , & c . pp . 52 & 59 , give up every effort except preaching ; others have no INTRODUCTION . 7.
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give up every effort except preaching ; others have no faith in any thing but education ; a few think the circulation of the Bible the grand means to be em- ployed for the conversion of India . It is very well for the preacher or ...
give up every effort except preaching ; others have no faith in any thing but education ; a few think the circulation of the Bible the grand means to be em- ployed for the conversion of India . It is very well for the preacher or ...
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... give his un- divided attention to the study of the vernacular and acquiring a knowledge of the people . On the other hand , it has happened that the entire responsibility of manag- ing a Mission Station , with upwards of 100 Native ...
... give his un- divided attention to the study of the vernacular and acquiring a knowledge of the people . On the other hand , it has happened that the entire responsibility of manag- ing a Mission Station , with upwards of 100 Native ...
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... give way without restraint . Servants are the parties who suffer chiefly from the want of temper on the part of Europeans . Missionaries are not exempt from this failing . The following extract will shew how it may be best overcome ...
... give way without restraint . Servants are the parties who suffer chiefly from the want of temper on the part of Europeans . Missionaries are not exempt from this failing . The following extract will shew how it may be best overcome ...
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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.