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Page 34
... seldom be confided to a native servant's care and a female so employed ought not to feel dissatisfied with herself because prevented from engaging in missionary work . I would not say a word to depreciate the services of a mis ...
... seldom be confided to a native servant's care and a female so employed ought not to feel dissatisfied with herself because prevented from engaging in missionary work . I would not say a word to depreciate the services of a mis ...
Page 36
... seldom , indeed , known one who was not as ready to endure such trials as her companion , and have more than once been put to shame by the female's patience in trouble and fortitude in danger . But that very cir cumstance is calculated ...
... seldom , indeed , known one who was not as ready to endure such trials as her companion , and have more than once been put to shame by the female's patience in trouble and fortitude in danger . But that very cir cumstance is calculated ...
Page 62
... seldom required ; and to write correctly and speak intelligibly in one foreign tongue , is as much as the generality of men can accomplish . To this I know some honourable exceptions ; and if a man be unquestionably a linguist , he will ...
... seldom required ; and to write correctly and speak intelligibly in one foreign tongue , is as much as the generality of men can accomplish . To this I know some honourable exceptions ; and if a man be unquestionably a linguist , he will ...
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... seldom much of the gods and devils worshipped beyond Own neighbourhood or province : so that it will essary for the missionary to be well acquainted the superstitions peculiar to his station ; and , when discoursing with men who are ...
... seldom much of the gods and devils worshipped beyond Own neighbourhood or province : so that it will essary for the missionary to be well acquainted the superstitions peculiar to his station ; and , when discoursing with men who are ...
Page 71
... seldom In the first place , there are very few f the East Indies , I never met with one , ly acquainted with English to understand a discourse delivered in our language . It is credible to any but those who have tried iment , how hard ...
... seldom In the first place , there are very few f the East Indies , I never met with one , ly acquainted with English to understand a discourse delivered in our language . It is credible to any but those who have tried iment , how hard ...
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Page 40 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 2 - Are they Hebrews ? so am I. Are they Israelites ? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool) I am more ; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Page 118 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Page 18 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 49 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 2 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often,...
Page 112 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Page 118 - It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Page 118 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Page 3 - Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not ? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.