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 pages |
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... Gospel in their relation to War and to Peace . He is satisfied that his discussions are in perfect harmony with that system which the angels of God celebrated as fraught with " peace on earth and goodwill toward men . " He also hopes ...
... Gospel in their relation to War and to Peace . He is satisfied that his discussions are in perfect harmony with that system which the angels of God celebrated as fraught with " peace on earth and goodwill toward men . " He also hopes ...
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... gospel of Christ , and became a member of the church assembling in the Tabernacle , under the care of the late Rev. Matthew Wilks . The future Missionary , thus blessed with the hope of salvation , and filled with compas- sion for the ...
... gospel of Christ , and became a member of the church assembling in the Tabernacle , under the care of the late Rev. Matthew Wilks . The future Missionary , thus blessed with the hope of salvation , and filled with compas- sion for the ...
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... gospel diffusion is still , in many of our minds , very much an affair of pecuniary contribution . The supply of appropriate human agency , notwithstanding its acknowledged importance , is , with mul- titudes OF THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT . 5.
... gospel diffusion is still , in many of our minds , very much an affair of pecuniary contribution . The supply of appropriate human agency , notwithstanding its acknowledged importance , is , with mul- titudes OF THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT . 5.
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... Gospel , they will feel their rank to be one of only secondary importance . So long as they send none of their members abroad " to the help of the Lord , " they will consider themselves denied a precious privilege and a high distinction ...
... Gospel , they will feel their rank to be one of only secondary importance . So long as they send none of their members abroad " to the help of the Lord , " they will consider themselves denied a precious privilege and a high distinction ...
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... gospel of peace ? Is it a higher dignity to bear a commission from an earthly sovereign than from the King of kings ? Oh ! that the minds of the noble youth of our country could be directed to this field of labour and of love , and that ...
... gospel of peace ? Is it a higher dignity to bear a commission from an earthly sovereign than from the King of kings ? Oh ! that the minds of the noble youth of our country could be directed to this field of labour and of love , and that ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.