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... China . Arrival in Hong Kong . Morrison School . Marriage of Rev. Dr. Bridgman . Almost a fatal Excursion . Rev. William J. Pohlman . Teaching a Boodhist Priest to Sing " Old Hundred . " Room in Honan Temple . Running Qualifications ...
... China . Arrival in Hong Kong . Morrison School . Marriage of Rev. Dr. Bridgman . Almost a fatal Excursion . Rev. William J. Pohlman . Teaching a Boodhist Priest to Sing " Old Hundred . " Room in Honan Temple . Running Qualifications ...
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... China Mail . Railroads for China . Death of Mrs. S. W. Bonney . Rev. William Bonney . Rev. S. W. Ronney to his Sister . Presence of Loved Dead Ones . Mrs. Arthur Folsom to Richard Van Rensselaer . Sickness of Mr. Bonney , .379 CHAPTER ...
... China Mail . Railroads for China . Death of Mrs. S. W. Bonney . Rev. William Bonney . Rev. S. W. Ronney to his Sister . Presence of Loved Dead Ones . Mrs. Arthur Folsom to Richard Van Rensselaer . Sickness of Mr. Bonney , .379 CHAPTER ...
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... China . Female Agency Needed . Steamship “ Alaska . ” Aspinwall . By Rail across the Isthmus . Panama . Steamship ... Chinese New Year . Mongolian Market . Coreans . Crows con Chinese Tones . The Strong Arm . Troubles at Yanchow ...
... China . Female Agency Needed . Steamship “ Alaska . ” Aspinwall . By Rail across the Isthmus . Panama . Steamship ... Chinese New Year . Mongolian Market . Coreans . Crows con Chinese Tones . The Strong Arm . Troubles at Yanchow ...
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... China , I would go I desired to be guided by God's direction . *** October 4th . The American Board have accepted my offer and appointed me a missionary to India , but the China business is not yet definitively decided and will not be ...
... China , I would go I desired to be guided by God's direction . *** October 4th . The American Board have accepted my offer and appointed me a missionary to India , but the China business is not yet definitively decided and will not be ...
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... China , and an urgent , solicitous appeal was made by a friend ( Rev. J. A. Cary ) that Mr. Bonney would fill the vacancy for one year . With the approbation of the Pru- dential Committee and a letter of instructions from them , that ...
... China , and an urgent , solicitous appeal was made by a friend ( Rev. J. A. Cary ) that Mr. Bonney would fill the vacancy for one year . With the approbation of the Pru- dential Committee and a letter of instructions from them , that ...
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Page 350 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 350 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that (there shall) not (be room) enough (to receive it...
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Page 255 - Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling ; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Page 255 - I, THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called; with all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
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Page 280 - God, nor were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened ; and they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
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