The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... extent , must be the love of compassion . It should resemble , in some faint degree , that of Him who wept over Jerusalem , or of Paul who could wish himself accursed from Christ for his bre- thren , his kinsmen according to the flesh ...
... extent , must be the love of compassion . It should resemble , in some faint degree , that of Him who wept over Jerusalem , or of Paul who could wish himself accursed from Christ for his bre- thren , his kinsmen according to the flesh ...
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... extent , depend . His great commission is to preach the Gospel . It is evident that it would be sheer mock- ery to address in English a crowd of villagers who knew nothing but Bengali or Tamil . It would be little better to speak to ...
... extent , depend . His great commission is to preach the Gospel . It is evident that it would be sheer mock- ery to address in English a crowd of villagers who knew nothing but Bengali or Tamil . It would be little better to speak to ...
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... every agglutinative language was once monosyl- labic . The three stages , to some extent , blend into each * Sanskrit Literature , p.14 . F other . Some dialects of modern Chinese show signs of STUDY OF THE VERNACULARS . 61.
... every agglutinative language was once monosyl- labic . The three stages , to some extent , blend into each * Sanskrit Literature , p.14 . F other . Some dialects of modern Chinese show signs of STUDY OF THE VERNACULARS . 61.
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... extent , faulty in the same manner . Avoid at first , therefore , all books translated from the English . It is best , on the whole , to get a munshi acquainted only with the vernacular . He will speak more idiomatically , and be better ...
... extent , faulty in the same manner . Avoid at first , therefore , all books translated from the English . It is best , on the whole , to get a munshi acquainted only with the vernacular . He will speak more idiomatically , and be better ...
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... extent by the genius of the people , a few remarks may be made on some of the features of Hindu character . The ordinary Hindu under Brahminical influence is taken as the type . The Muhammadans and Wild Tribes are excluded at present ...
... extent by the genius of the people , a few remarks may be made on some of the features of Hindu character . The ordinary Hindu under Brahminical influence is taken as the type . The Muhammadans and Wild Tribes are excluded at present ...
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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.