The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... mind the exhortation , " Quit you like men , be strong ; " while his grand encouragement is the pro- mise , " Lo , I am with you always . ' " " First Impressions . From earliest times India has been the land of romance . The voyager ...
... mind the exhortation , " Quit you like men , be strong ; " while his grand encouragement is the pro- mise , " Lo , I am with you always . ' " " First Impressions . From earliest times India has been the land of romance . The voyager ...
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... mind the good Apostolic precept , " Be swift to hear , and slow to speak . " Old Missionaries sometimes complain , that persons who have been a few days in India think they know a great deal better how plans should be carried on than ...
... mind the good Apostolic precept , " Be swift to hear , and slow to speak . " Old Missionaries sometimes complain , that persons who have been a few days in India think they know a great deal better how plans should be carried on than ...
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... mind the following cautions by Dr. Duff : - " Beware , therefore , of first impressions , and above all , of first judgments . Record both , if you will , for future reference and comparison . The vivid freshness of the earlier ...
... mind the following cautions by Dr. Duff : - " Beware , therefore , of first impressions , and above all , of first judgments . Record both , if you will , for future reference and comparison . The vivid freshness of the earlier ...
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... mind from such associations by observing foreign scenery and society , solacing himself meantime with a prospect of a speedy return to his native land . He has come to settle for life among a people with whom he has no affinities but ...
... mind from such associations by observing foreign scenery and society , solacing himself meantime with a prospect of a speedy return to his native land . He has come to settle for life among a people with whom he has no affinities but ...
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... mind , as those of Brainerd and Martyn ; others for the insight they give into Mission work . A list of some of the most valuable will be found in the Appendix . The following advice , given by Weitbrecht near the end of his course to a ...
... mind , as those of Brainerd and Martyn ; others for the insight they give into Mission work . A list of some of the most valuable will be found in the Appendix . The following advice , given by Weitbrecht near the end of his course to a ...
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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.