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If ethnography and philology , — where can we find more original languages , or
varying dialects ? more especially where can wo find the match of the Sanskrit ;
perhaps the inost copious , and certainly the most elaborately refined , of all ...
If ethnography and philology , — where can we find more original languages , or
varying dialects ? more especially where can wo find the match of the Sanskrit ;
perhaps the inost copious , and certainly the most elaborately refined , of all ...
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Mr . Macleod Wylie observes , “ A thorough understanding of our Indian Missions
is not to be quickly obtained even by the best and ablest men ; for experience has
taught nearly every resident in the country , that many of his first and perhaps ...
Mr . Macleod Wylie observes , “ A thorough understanding of our Indian Missions
is not to be quickly obtained even by the best and ablest men ; for experience has
taught nearly every resident in the country , that many of his first and perhaps ...
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There is perhaps not a single Mission Agent , European or Native , from whom
you cannot elicit some information of value , if you take the right means . Carefully
note all improvements in mission work which suggest themselves . Investigate ...
There is perhaps not a single Mission Agent , European or Native , from whom
you cannot elicit some information of value , if you take the right means . Carefully
note all improvements in mission work which suggest themselves . Investigate ...
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Perhaps there are more temptations of this kind , for all around is ungodly . "
Memoirs , p . 118 . Dr . Duff puts the following forcible exclamation in the mouth of
a Missionary :" Oh , it is easy for you at home , II . PERSONAL RELIGION AND ...
Perhaps there are more temptations of this kind , for all around is ungodly . "
Memoirs , p . 118 . Dr . Duff puts the following forcible exclamation in the mouth of
a Missionary :" Oh , it is easy for you at home , II . PERSONAL RELIGION AND ...
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Converts were perhaps expected to be angelic beings . Undue expectations not
being realized , a revulsion of feeling took place . Europeans in India are often
hasty . Arthur observes , “ One of the first things a Hindu does when introduced to
...
Converts were perhaps expected to be angelic beings . Undue expectations not
being realized , a revulsion of feeling took place . Europeans in India are often
hasty . Arthur observes , “ One of the first things a Hindu does when introduced to
...
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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.