The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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PREFACE . THE duties of the Compiler require him every year to make the circuit of India , as well as visit Ceylon . Already the round has been taken five times . Un- equalled opportunities have thus been afforded of con- sulting ...
PREFACE . THE duties of the Compiler require him every year to make the circuit of India , as well as visit Ceylon . Already the round has been taken five times . Un- equalled opportunities have thus been afforded of con- sulting ...
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... require , to fit us for the great work we have to do , and it imparts tact and feeling , helping us to act and speak as we should do at all hours . I have often regretted my own remissness in this respect in earlier years , for it is ...
... require , to fit us for the great work we have to do , and it imparts tact and feeling , helping us to act and speak as we should do at all hours . I have often regretted my own remissness in this respect in earlier years , for it is ...
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... requiring most mental effort may be pursued when the mind is fresh . The least fatiguing subjects can be taken up after meals or in the evening . Remem- ber that the mind is recruited by variety as well as by rest . Few men went through ...
... requiring most mental effort may be pursued when the mind is fresh . The least fatiguing subjects can be taken up after meals or in the evening . Remem- ber that the mind is recruited by variety as well as by rest . Few men went through ...
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... require only to be put fairly in play , and they will bring heaven upon earth . " * The Missionary will soon find by sad experience , that " Old Adam is too hard for young Melancthon . " - The last words of the venerable Eliot were pray ...
... require only to be put fairly in play , and they will bring heaven upon earth . " * The Missionary will soon find by sad experience , that " Old Adam is too hard for young Melancthon . " - The last words of the venerable Eliot were pray ...
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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.