The Martyr of Erromanga: Or, The Philosophy of Missions, Illustrated from the Labours, Death, and Character of the Late Rev. John WilliamsJ. Snow, 1842 - 478 páginas |
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Página 38
... speak of these things , and how do you obtain your know- ledge of them ? ' ' Why , ' he said , as the people return from the services , I take my seat by the way - side , and beg a bit of the word of them as they pass by ; one gives me ...
... speak of these things , and how do you obtain your know- ledge of them ? ' ' Why , ' he said , as the people return from the services , I take my seat by the way - side , and beg a bit of the word of them as they pass by ; one gives me ...
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... speak , while they would seize his rolls of cloth , kill the fattest of his pigs , pluck the best of his bread - fruit , and take the very posts of his house for firewood with which to cook them . Is there not a person present who ...
... speak , while they would seize his rolls of cloth , kill the fattest of his pigs , pluck the best of his bread - fruit , and take the very posts of his house for firewood with which to cook them . Is there not a person present who ...
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... speaking of the happy results of his toil , I give precedence to war as at once the greatest curse and the greatest crime . You may learn from history , that , in all countries , through all time , the path of destruction has been ...
... speaking of the happy results of his toil , I give precedence to war as at once the greatest curse and the greatest crime . You may learn from history , that , in all countries , through all time , the path of destruction has been ...
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... speak of your Society in terms of extravagant commendation . It is , undoubtedly , every way very much adapted to faci- litate Missionary operation and accelerate the triumphs which certainly await our African Missions . That Society ...
... speak of your Society in terms of extravagant commendation . It is , undoubtedly , every way very much adapted to faci- litate Missionary operation and accelerate the triumphs which certainly await our African Missions . That Society ...
Página 72
... speak his sentiments freely , and not de- ceive us . If he was placed at Vavau he would protect him , but he would neither embrace Christianity himself , nor allow his people ; for he would put to death the very first person , man ...
... speak his sentiments freely , and not de- ceive us . If he was placed at Vavau he would protect him , but he would neither embrace Christianity himself , nor allow his people ; for he would put to death the very first person , man ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 164 - BEHOLD, YE DESPISERS, AND WONDER, AND PERISH ; FOR I WORK A WORK' IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YE SHALL IN NO WISE BELIEVE, THOUGH A MAN DECLARE IT UNTO YOU.
Página 129 - Thy pomp is .brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Página 149 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee ; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Página 287 - And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Página 294 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings...
Página 295 - Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more : in labours more abundant ; in stripes above measure ; in prisons more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one ; thrice was I beaten with rods ; once was I stoned...
Página 289 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Página 134 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Página 281 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Página 145 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.