The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... present such a varied assemblage and rare combination of objects and qualities fitted to attract and arrest the eye of civilized intelligence . The extent and magnificence of the empire which Britain has there reared , and the wealth ...
... present such a varied assemblage and rare combination of objects and qualities fitted to attract and arrest the eye of civilized intelligence . The extent and magnificence of the empire which Britain has there reared , and the wealth ...
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... present . Every year witnesses improvement in our moral machinery at home , and it would be preposterous to suppose that the modes of working in Missions , still in their infan- cy , have attained any degree of perfection . All honor be ...
... present . Every year witnesses improvement in our moral machinery at home , and it would be preposterous to suppose that the modes of working in Missions , still in their infan- cy , have attained any degree of perfection . All honor be ...
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... present above those of the past age ; in which it was customary to claim representative democracy for England or France by arguments which would equally have proved it the only fit form of Government for Bedouins or Malays ...
... present above those of the past age ; in which it was customary to claim representative democracy for England or France by arguments which would equally have proved it the only fit form of Government for Bedouins or Malays ...
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... or children , for the kingdom of God's sake , who shall not receive ma- nifold more in this present time , and in the world to come life everlasting . " II . PERSONAL RELIGION AND HABITS . Importance .-- If 10 INTRODUCTION .
... or children , for the kingdom of God's sake , who shall not receive ma- nifold more in this present time , and in the world to come life everlasting . " II . PERSONAL RELIGION AND HABITS . Importance .-- If 10 INTRODUCTION .
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... present . Others will be alluded to hereafter , when subjects naturally call attention to them . Love to God . The first and great commandment forms the foundation of every true virtue . Let the Missionary walk with God . The Bible ...
... present . Others will be alluded to hereafter , when subjects naturally call attention to them . Love to God . The first and great commandment forms the foundation of every true virtue . Let the Missionary walk with God . The Bible ...
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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.