The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... paid . In India life is even more uncertain than at home . No one can tell whether at the end of 24 hours he may not be in his grave . In the agonies of cholera , accounts cannot be explained . Make daily entries , so that if called ...
... paid . In India life is even more uncertain than at home . No one can tell whether at the end of 24 hours he may not be in his grave . In the agonies of cholera , accounts cannot be explained . Make daily entries , so that if called ...
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... paid . Time pupils remain . Knowledge acquired ; how far turned to account . Similar inquiries with respect to Government and Mission Schools . Desire for English education . Night schools . Female education , condition and pros- pects ...
... paid . Time pupils remain . Knowledge acquired ; how far turned to account . Similar inquiries with respect to Government and Mission Schools . Desire for English education . Night schools . Female education , condition and pros- pects ...
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... paid to it reaches and is accepted by Him . 66 He regards all men as puppets moved to virtue or vice by God , who dwells in every man . This rids him of all personal responsibility , and makes him indifferent to his future destiny , be ...
... paid to it reaches and is accepted by Him . 66 He regards all men as puppets moved to virtue or vice by God , who dwells in every man . This rids him of all personal responsibility , and makes him indifferent to his future destiny , be ...
Page 123
... paid by Govern- ment for what we do , and that our pay is not large , that it can scarcely be suspected we do work so unpleasant to the flesh merely for that . And you know , or might know , if you would examine , that whether we be ...
... paid by Govern- ment for what we do , and that our pay is not large , that it can scarcely be suspected we do work so unpleasant to the flesh merely for that . And you know , or might know , if you would examine , that whether we be ...
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... paid ? The anxious mind against corroding thought no refuge hath save at the sacred feet of Him to whom no likeness is . Many valuable quotations may be made from the sacred books of the Hindus : - Should he whose heart is unclean ...
... paid ? The anxious mind against corroding thought no refuge hath save at the sacred feet of Him to whom no likeness is . Many valuable quotations may be made from the sacred books of the Hindus : - Should he whose heart is unclean ...
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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.