Twenty-nine Years in the West Indies and Central Africa: A Review of Missionary Work and Adventure, 1829-1858T. Nelson and sons, 1863 - 681 pages |
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Page 542 - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Page 655 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 642 - Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Page xi - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 335 - But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Page 522 - God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Page 33 - I am not influenced by religious principles myself in this matter, but simply by self-interest. I have a bad set of people; they steal enormously, run away, get drunk, fight, and neglect their duty in every way; while the women take no care of their children and there is no increase on the property. Now, if you can bring them under fear of a God, or a...
Page 212 - Sweet potatoes will grow in some parts," said a good woman, "and we all go a fishing, especially for turtle, to supply the English ships. But, to tell the truth, sir, our main dependence is on the wrecks, and we all thank God when a ship comes ashore.
Page 83 - For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God ? And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
Page 228 - Begone, unbelief, my Saviour is near, And for my relief will surely appear; By prayer let me wrestle, and he will perform; With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm.