The Life of Alexander Duff, D.D., LL.D.Hodder and Stoughton, 1879 - Missionaries |
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... station in the interior was being profoundly moved . The earliest sign of the movement - which only repeated that in Scotland on a proportionate scale but in a far more catholic manner than was possible there— was a letter to Dr. Duff ...
... station in the interior was being profoundly moved . The earliest sign of the movement - which only repeated that in Scotland on a proportionate scale but in a far more catholic manner than was possible there— was a letter to Dr. Duff ...
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... Stations . - The Story of Bansberia . - Missionary Brother- hood . - Sir James Outram and the Sindh Prize - money . — Sir Henry Lawrence . - Reorganization of the Mission Completed.- Conversions and their Relative Value in ...
... Stations . - The Story of Bansberia . - Missionary Brother- hood . - Sir James Outram and the Sindh Prize - money . — Sir Henry Lawrence . - Reorganization of the Mission Completed.- Conversions and their Relative Value in ...
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... station of Ghospara for the congregation of St. Stephen's , Edinburgh , who had supported Mahendra and Kailas , the native missionaries there . But Culna , being in a different position , was retained by Dr. Duff and his colleagues as ...
... station of Ghospara for the congregation of St. Stephen's , Edinburgh , who had supported Mahendra and Kailas , the native missionaries there . But Culna , being in a different position , was retained by Dr. Duff and his colleagues as ...
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... station like Bansberia till the central Institution was efficient . It was Sir James , then Major , Outram who came to the rescue . The first Afghan war had been succeeded by the even greater mistake of the policy of Sir Charles Napier ...
... station like Bansberia till the central Institution was efficient . It was Sir James , then Major , Outram who came to the rescue . The first Afghan war had been succeeded by the even greater mistake of the policy of Sir Charles Napier ...
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... stations , and many of the obscurest villages in Bengal , acquainted with the general drift and character of recent ... station , considerably beyond Allahabad , in the upper provinces . He states that the great anti - missionary ...
... stations , and many of the obscurest villages in Bengal , acquainted with the general drift and character of recent ... station , considerably beyond Allahabad , in the upper provinces . He states that the great anti - missionary ...
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Page 95 - When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils ; and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying; Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Page 186 - And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 319 - Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 251 - I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Page 281 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Page 125 - Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Page 73 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Page 73 - The Lord, the Lord God merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth ; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty.
Page 106 - I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour.
Page 73 - What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.