The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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Where the Mission house is perhaps two miles off , the influence of the Missionary is considerably diminished . An elevated and dry soil should be selected . The most healthy sites are those which from the natural fall , or from the ...
Where the Mission house is perhaps two miles off , the influence of the Missionary is considerably diminished . An elevated and dry soil should be selected . The most healthy sites are those which from the natural fall , or from the ...
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... influence of these distressing atmospherical vicissitudes . There are few of the ordinary diseases of India , which may not , in the majority of cases , be traced to the action of cold on the surface of the body , relaxed by the ...
... influence of these distressing atmospherical vicissitudes . There are few of the ordinary diseases of India , which may not , in the majority of cases , be traced to the action of cold on the surface of the body , relaxed by the ...
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... influences , and previous diseases . Treatment . - Simple diarrhoea is often caused by irritating matter in the bowels , and is frequently re- lieved by a dose of castor oil , followed by Dover's powder and quinine . Three grains of the ...
... influences , and previous diseases . Treatment . - Simple diarrhoea is often caused by irritating matter in the bowels , and is frequently re- lieved by a dose of castor oil , followed by Dover's powder and quinine . Three grains of the ...
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... certain times . It is a much more severe disease . Causes . - Malaria exercises most influence . " It is the product of heat , moisture , and vegetable decomposi- tion . It appears to be absorbed largely and retained HEALTH . 39.
... certain times . It is a much more severe disease . Causes . - Malaria exercises most influence . " It is the product of heat , moisture , and vegetable decomposi- tion . It appears to be absorbed largely and retained HEALTH . 39.
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... influence . This malaria is universally believed by the natives of India to be conveyed in the drinking water . " Retentive soils , having imperfect natural drainage ; expanses of shallow partially dried - up water ; neglected tanks ...
... influence . This malaria is universally believed by the natives of India to be conveyed in the drinking water . " Retentive soils , having imperfect natural drainage ; expanses of shallow partially dried - up water ; neglected tanks ...
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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.