The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... Persons leaving Calcutta , or intending to dispose of their Libraries are cautioned carefully to restore FIRST any books which they have borrowed . " The Bishop relies chiefly on the CONSCIENCE of those friends who borrow books from the ...
... Persons leaving Calcutta , or intending to dispose of their Libraries are cautioned carefully to restore FIRST any books which they have borrowed . " The Bishop relies chiefly on the CONSCIENCE of those friends who borrow books from the ...
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... persons who have been a few days in India think they know a great deal better how plans should be carried on than those who have laboured twenty years . Re- commendations from young men , tendered in an offen- sive manner , are apt to ...
... persons who have been a few days in India think they know a great deal better how plans should be carried on than those who have laboured twenty years . Re- commendations from young men , tendered in an offen- sive manner , are apt to ...
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... persons , it must be admitted that more or less of the same dispo- sitions prevails to a large extent . Bishop Heber says that most of the French in India were free from that exclusive and intolerant spirit which makes the English ...
... persons , it must be admitted that more or less of the same dispo- sitions prevails to a large extent . Bishop Heber says that most of the French in India were free from that exclusive and intolerant spirit which makes the English ...
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... persons considered their in- feriors , and they give way without restraint . Servants are the parties who suffer chiefly from the want of temper on the part of Europeans . Missionaries are not exempt from this failing . The following ...
... persons considered their in- feriors , and they give way without restraint . Servants are the parties who suffer chiefly from the want of temper on the part of Europeans . Missionaries are not exempt from this failing . The following ...
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... persons who seem to be inquirers . Persevering Energy . - There can be no question that the climate of India disposes to indolence ; but the * Memoir , p . 139. See also pp . 136-8 . more one gives way to it , the more does PERSONAL ...
... persons who seem to be inquirers . Persevering Energy . - There can be no question that the climate of India disposes to indolence ; but the * Memoir , p . 139. See also pp . 136-8 . more one gives way to it , the more does PERSONAL ...
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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.