The Missionary Memorial: A Literary and Religious Souvenir ...E. Walker, 1846 - 372 pages |
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Page 3 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 10 - Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Page 197 - No longer hosts encountering hosts, Shall crowds of slain deplore; They hang the trumpet in the hall, And study war no more.
Page 89 - For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Page 73 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 289 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon al the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page 153 - The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 274 - Waters having cleared the room of the soldiers, retired, leaving the prisoner in surprise gazing on the unexpected visiter, whose features were hidden by a veil, and who stood timidly a few paces from the door, as though afraid or abashed at what she had done. "Why, Jeannette— you here! — you venture here !" " I did venture," replied Jeannette, throwing aside her veil and disclosing a very pretty face, suffused with a deep blush ; " my aunt shut the door in your face, but they behaved much better...
Page 12 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 368 - ... without God and without hope. What demands upon our compassion and tenderness, our munificence and prayers! Eighteen hundred years have passed away since the blood of propitiation was shed, and yet three fourths of the world in which we dwell have never seen a Bible, or heard of the name of Jesus. O that our head were waters, and our eyes a fountain of tears ! Why, why do we thus ignobly slumber in the work ? O for that abhorrence of human impiety which moved the heart of Paul! O for that compassion...