The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... HEATHEN .... The Command , 119. Pre - eminence of Preaching , 119 . Danger of being turned aside , 120. How to Begin , 121 . Style of address , 125. Native Proverbs and Stanzas , 136. Intelligible Language , 137. Conduct with refer ...
... HEATHEN .... The Command , 119. Pre - eminence of Preaching , 119 . Danger of being turned aside , 120. How to Begin , 121 . Style of address , 125. Native Proverbs and Stanzas , 136. Intelligible Language , 137. Conduct with refer ...
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... Heathen Practices , 318 . Quarrelling , 318. Getting into Debt , 319. Concluding Remarks , 319 . XV . EDUCATION . Value , 319. Causes of Partial Failure , 322. Non - Christian Teachers , 331. Vernacular Schools , 339. Stages , 339 ...
... Heathen Practices , 318 . Quarrelling , 318. Getting into Debt , 319. Concluding Remarks , 319 . XV . EDUCATION . Value , 319. Causes of Partial Failure , 322. Non - Christian Teachers , 331. Vernacular Schools , 339. Stages , 339 ...
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... heathen land . There is an erroneous idea that a Missionary on leaving his native country bids farewell to spiritual foes and needs no longer to contend with the flesh , the world , and the wicked one . " The old Latin proverb shows the ...
... heathen land . There is an erroneous idea that a Missionary on leaving his native country bids farewell to spiritual foes and needs no longer to contend with the flesh , the world , and the wicked one . " The old Latin proverb shows the ...
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... heathens , and sometimes drink , which the latter , as a rule , do not . Heathen servants are to be preferred to bad Christians , as they do not bring disgrace on the religion they profess . Hindu servants were found much more faithful ...
... heathens , and sometimes drink , which the latter , as a rule , do not . Heathen servants are to be preferred to bad Christians , as they do not bring disgrace on the religion they profess . Hindu servants were found much more faithful ...
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... HEATHEN . The Command - The great commission of the Mis- sionary is to " Preach the Gospel to every creature . " " The foolishness of preaching " is the chief instrumen- tality appointed by God for the conversion of mankind . Preaching ...
... HEATHEN . The Command - The great commission of the Mis- sionary is to " Preach the Gospel to every creature . " " The foolishness of preaching " is the chief instrumen- tality appointed by God for the conversion of mankind . Preaching ...
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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.