The Sunday Magazine for Family Reading, Volume 1Daldy, Isbister & Company, 1878 |
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... tion by the continued presentation of this glowing picture . Believing all he has read and heard concerning this seat of ideal blessedness , he has been possessed with the same longing to visit it as the Mahomedan to visit Mecca , or ...
... tion by the continued presentation of this glowing picture . Believing all he has read and heard concerning this seat of ideal blessedness , he has been possessed with the same longing to visit it as the Mahomedan to visit Mecca , or ...
Page 50
... tion , of just government , and of the general civilising elements which for many years have Thus been in operation in their midst . It is no exaggeration to affirm that native society in that city , especially among the better classes ...
... tion , of just government , and of the general civilising elements which for many years have Thus been in operation in their midst . It is no exaggeration to affirm that native society in that city , especially among the better classes ...
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... find , when we take them into close considera- tion , that they have a deep and distinct meaning for us . And , if I am not much • John vi . 5-9 . mistaken , they have special instruction for us here at 30 SUNDAY MAGAZINE .
... find , when we take them into close considera- tion , that they have a deep and distinct meaning for us . And , if I am not much • John vi . 5-9 . mistaken , they have special instruction for us here at 30 SUNDAY MAGAZINE .
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... tion of Hope made to the Christian soul , when it is oppressed under a sense of weak- ness and poverty and sad despondency . For though , in ourselves following this example , we must omit what is properly miraculous , still the miracle ...
... tion of Hope made to the Christian soul , when it is oppressed under a sense of weak- ness and poverty and sad despondency . For though , in ourselves following this example , we must omit what is properly miraculous , still the miracle ...
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... tion which was paid to the words of the preacher , as well as by the readiness with which many answered the questions on the Bible which were put to them . Towards the end of 1828 , on the return of Mr. Hamilton SINCE 1800 . 107.
... tion which was paid to the words of the preacher , as well as by the readiness with which many answered the questions on the Bible which were put to them . Towards the end of 1828 , on the return of Mr. Hamilton SINCE 1800 . 107.
Common terms and phrases
answered Ascue asked beautiful Bechuanas Benares better Bible blessed brother Calcutta called chaffinches child Christ Christian Church Church Missionary Society cried Cunliffe dark dear death Diana Diana Lynn drink earth eyes face faith father feel felt flowers friends girl give glory God's Gospel hand happy hear heard heart heaven Herford Court HESBA STRETTON holy hope India Jesus Justin Webb kind knew Kreli labour lady Leah light little Lennie living London London Missionary Society look Lord Master Dick ment mind mission missionary morning mother native navvies never night once Pansy Pendlebury poor prayer preaching Richard Herford seemed sorrow soul speak spirit strong suffering Sunday sweet tell Thee thing thou thought tion told truth unto village voice woman wonder words young Zanzibar
Popular passages
Page 292 - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 129 - It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Page 272 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 165 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 183 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Page 88 - Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up...
Page 300 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed...
Page 518 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 345 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, And floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, And my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows by the water courses.
Page 100 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother ! or, Ah sister ! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.