Dr. Livingstone' Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Prof. Sedgwick |
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... heart and soul , as is shewn by high resolve , energetic and successful action , Christian character , and unselfish aim . The Scottish nation stands out boldly in the history of great achievement ; especially in Travel . Here is a ...
... heart and soul , as is shewn by high resolve , energetic and successful action , Christian character , and unselfish aim . The Scottish nation stands out boldly in the history of great achievement ; especially in Travel . Here is a ...
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... heart , as he turns his back upon the ocean , but is inflexible , and sends his journal , letters , & c . on board the Forerunner , and apparently goes from comparative safety to certain destruction . Not so : that ship , with nearly ...
... heart , as he turns his back upon the ocean , but is inflexible , and sends his journal , letters , & c . on board the Forerunner , and apparently goes from comparative safety to certain destruction . Not so : that ship , with nearly ...
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... heart . In former times , while I was perform- ing what I considered to be my duty in Africa , I felt great pleasure in the work ; and now , when I perceive that all eyes are directed to my future conduct , I feel as if I were laid ...
... heart . In former times , while I was perform- ing what I considered to be my duty in Africa , I felt great pleasure in the work ; and now , when I perceive that all eyes are directed to my future conduct , I feel as if I were laid ...
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... heart , if not with fear , at least with sorrow and deep anxiety : for England saw nation after nation falling before the sword of the first Napoleon ; till at length she stood alone with all the great powers of Europe combined in ...
... heart , if not with fear , at least with sorrow and deep anxiety : for England saw nation after nation falling before the sword of the first Napoleon ; till at length she stood alone with all the great powers of Europe combined in ...
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... hearts of all the listeners a fervent hope , that the hand of God which had so long upheld him would uphold him still , and help him to carry out the great work of Christian love that was still before him . In such words as these I ...
... hearts of all the listeners a fervent hope , that the hand of God which had so long upheld him would uphold him still , and help him to carry out the great work of Christian love that was still before him . In such words as these I ...
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Page 244 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 320 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 312 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Page 218 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 298 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 271 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 212 - While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Page 341 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.