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... reference has been just made , the tide of missionary progress , so far as visible results are concerned , would seem , I think , to be at the ebb . But we know not how soon a fresh current may set in . There are not wanting indications ...
... reference has been just made , the tide of missionary progress , so far as visible results are concerned , would seem , I think , to be at the ebb . But we know not how soon a fresh current may set in . There are not wanting indications ...
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... reference published in 1831 , they would be informed that Achill is " an island form- ing part of the county of Mayo on the western coast of Ireland in Lat . 57 ° 7 ′ N. and Long . 10 ° 3 ′ W. " If , dissatisfied with the small amount ...
... reference published in 1831 , they would be informed that Achill is " an island form- ing part of the county of Mayo on the western coast of Ireland in Lat . 57 ° 7 ′ N. and Long . 10 ° 3 ′ W. " If , dissatisfied with the small amount ...
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... Mr. Nangle's schoolboy days have come down to us . I can find no reference to these days in his own manuscripts ; but a letter which I received in November 1883 from the Rev. William Prior Moore , Head Early Life and Preparatory Work . 25.
... Mr. Nangle's schoolboy days have come down to us . I can find no reference to these days in his own manuscripts ; but a letter which I received in November 1883 from the Rev. William Prior Moore , Head Early Life and Preparatory Work . 25.
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... reference has already been made . Adams and his wife had determined to take up their permanent residence in Achill , and to devote themselves to work at the missionary settlement . Dr. The Achill Mission had to struggle on to success ...
... reference has already been made . Adams and his wife had determined to take up their permanent residence in Achill , and to devote themselves to work at the missionary settlement . Dr. The Achill Mission had to struggle on to success ...
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... reference to this visit : " I do not think I ever saw a countenance lit up with more gratified good- humour than was that of the fine and venerable old man , when he recounted all he saw and heard in this new field of Protestant labour ...
... reference to this visit : " I do not think I ever saw a countenance lit up with more gratified good- humour than was that of the fine and venerable old man , when he recounted all he saw and heard in this new field of Protestant labour ...
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Edward Nangle: The Apostle of Achill: A Memoir and a History Henry Seddall No preview available - 2022 |
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Page 80 - Transubstantiation, (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 20 - We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father ; knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
Page 233 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 296 - For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven ; To make the weight for the winds ; And he weigheth the waters by measure. When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder : Then did he see it, and declare it ; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Page 304 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 142 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Page 281 - And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Page 22 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had...
Page 9 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 186 - Whoever, knowing what Italy and Scotland naturally are, and what, four hundred years ago, they actually were, shall now compare the country round Rome with the country round Edinburgh, will be able to form some judgment as to the tendency of Papal domination.