The Christian keepsake and missionary annual, ed. by W. Ellis. [Continued as] Christian keepsakerev William Ellis 1836 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
AGNES STRICKLAND amid ancient beautiful benevolence Berhampore BERNARD BARTON blessed breath breathing band bright called Canton cedars character Chicacole China Chinese Chinese language Christian church cloth conversation dark dead dear death Derbent divine Earl earth EMMA ROBERTS Engraved eternal factory faith father fear feel feet friends gloom glory gospel hath heard heart heathen heaven holy honour hope hour hymn Imerina Jesus Christ JOSIAH CONDER labours land language Lebanon light living lofty London Missionary Society Lord Malacca mercy mind mission Missionary Mohammed morning Morrison mortal vision mountains native o'er pagan peace praise Pray prayer Quarto religion religious rise round sacred SAMUEL DREW Saviour scene Scriptures sigh song sorrow soul sound spirit spread sweet Taiarapu thee thine things thou thousand TRAJAN trees truth venerable visited voice waves Wilberforce WILLIAM WILBERFORCE worship
Popular passages
Page 188 - In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Page 79 - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked : between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Page 28 - Then Trajan pronounced this sentence against him : — ' Forasmuch as Ignatius has confessed that he carries about within himself him that was crucified, we command that he be carried, bound by soldiers, to the great Rome, there to be thrown to the wild beasts, for the entertainment of the people.
Page 56 - God has promised that he will not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed.
Page 149 - ... are the natural and spontaneous fruits of the religion of Jesus Christ, and then shall we see a nation born at once, and those parts of the earth bring forth in one day. Behold how swift the progress, how rapid the triumphs of the gospel, thus accompanied by evidence of its truth and divinity, and encountering nothing but the darkness and weakness, (we say, for that which is wholly evil, is essential weakness,) of idolatry, rapid as the triumphs of morning over the gloom of night, swift as the...
Page 72 - WHENE'ER the clouds of sorrow roll, And trials whelm the mind, — When, faint with grief, thy wearied soul No joys on earth can find, — Then lift thy voice to God on high, Dry up the trembling tear, And hush the low complaining sigh : Fear not ; thy God is near. 2 When dark temptations spread their snares, And earth with charms allures, And when thy soul, oppressed with fears, The world's assault endures, Then let thy Father's friendly voice Thy fainting spirit cheer, And bid thy trembling heart...
Page 80 - SEND out Thy light and truth, O GOD ! With sound of trumpet from above ; Break not the nations with Thy rod, But draw them as with cords of love ; Justice and mercy meet ; The work is well begun, Through every clime their feet, Who bring glad tidings, run ; In earth, as heaven, Thy will be done.
Page 19 - August he expired in the arms of his eldest son, and entered on the " blessedness of the dead who die in the Lord, who rest from their labours, and whose works shall follow them.
Page 81 - Thee every idol fall, Rend the false prophet's veil of lies ; The fulness of the Gentiles call, Be Israel saved, let Jacob rise : Thy Kingdom come indeed, Thy church with union bless, All scripture be her creed, And every tongue confess One LORD, — the LORD our Righteousness.
Page 22 - Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.