The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in IndiaGraves, Cookson & Company, United Scottish Press, 1864 - 456 pages |
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... spirits . It is true that the popular idea is different . In cold countries it is maintained that stimulants are necessary to keep one warm , while they are injurious in a hot climate . Here , on the other hand , it is asserted that ...
... spirits . It is true that the popular idea is different . In cold countries it is maintained that stimulants are necessary to keep one warm , while they are injurious in a hot climate . Here , on the other hand , it is asserted that ...
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... spirits of wine and dropped on a little sugar , is another useful medicine . The body should be kept warm . Vomiting may often be stopped by a tea spoonful of carbonate of soda , dissolved in hot water and drank as hot as pos- sible ...
... spirits of wine and dropped on a little sugar , is another useful medicine . The body should be kept warm . Vomiting may often be stopped by a tea spoonful of carbonate of soda , dissolved in hot water and drank as hot as pos- sible ...
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... spirit of simplicity must prevail , and be apparent all through . " * The following are a few reasons which may be given for simplicity of living . 1. To remove all just occasion of reproach .-- Men of the world know that Christians in ...
... spirit of simplicity must prevail , and be apparent all through . " * The following are a few reasons which may be given for simplicity of living . 1. To remove all just occasion of reproach .-- Men of the world know that Christians in ...
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... spirit , and you may profit much by their advice . Aim first at the acquisition of the spoken lan- guage . — A Missionary might as well address unlettered English peasants in the language of the " Rambler " as make use of the usual book ...
... spirit , and you may profit much by their advice . Aim first at the acquisition of the spoken lan- guage . — A Missionary might as well address unlettered English peasants in the language of the " Rambler " as make use of the usual book ...
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... spirit to wish to extend his sphere of action to the widest possible extent . But he should guard against the feeling of impatience , and , in- stead of flying over the ground , be content to feel his way . The more you can concentrate ...
... spirit to wish to extend his sphere of action to the widest possible extent . But he should guard against the feeling of impatience , and , in- stead of flying over the ground , be content to feel his way . The more you can concentrate ...
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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.