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... is trembling there : What balm , what physician , does it know ? Of every six
men that die , one is departing there : What shore is in his eye ? ” + Well does it
become the Indian Missionary to bear in mind the exhortation , “ Quit you like
men ...
... is trembling there : What balm , what physician , does it know ? Of every six
men that die , one is departing there : What shore is in his eye ? ” + Well does it
become the Indian Missionary to bear in mind the exhortation , “ Quit you like
men ...
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The young Missionary should bear in 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 ...
The young Missionary should bear in 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 ...
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As probably three - fourths , or a still larger proportion , of the changes suggested
by new - comers would be impracticable , or produce worse evils than those they
were intended to remedy , the young Missionary will do well to bear in mind the ...
As probably three - fourths , or a still larger proportion , of the changes suggested
by new - comers would be impracticable , or produce worse evils than those they
were intended to remedy , the young Missionary will do well to bear in mind the ...
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He cannot , like the mere traveller , divert his mind from such associations by
observing foreign scenery and society , solacing himself meantime with a
prospect of a speedy return to bis native land . He has come to settle for life
among a ...
He cannot , like the mere traveller , divert his mind from such associations by
observing foreign scenery and society , solacing himself meantime with a
prospect of a speedy return to bis native land . He has come to settle for life
among a ...
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The memoirs of Missionaries are valuable for different purposes , some as
calculated to promote spirituality of 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 ...
The memoirs of Missionaries are valuable for different purposes , some as
calculated to promote spirituality of 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 ...
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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.