Work in the colonies: some account of the missionary operations of the Church of England |
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... extended beyond the sea - girt coasts of England and Ireland ; but when Queen Victoria ascended the throne of these realms , it was to rule over an empire more than seven times as large as that of her illustrious predecessor - an empire ...
... extended beyond the sea - girt coasts of England and Ireland ; but when Queen Victoria ascended the throne of these realms , it was to rule over an empire more than seven times as large as that of her illustrious predecessor - an empire ...
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... extend over all the colonies in North America which then remained in the possession of the British Crown , those which ... extended to the West Indies by the consecration of the Bishops of Barbados and Jamaica . The vast diocese of the ...
... extend over all the colonies in North America which then remained in the possession of the British Crown , those which ... extended to the West Indies by the consecration of the Bishops of Barbados and Jamaica . The vast diocese of the ...
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... extended to New South Wales , and two years afterwards to Norfolk Island . The first clergyman went to Australia in 1788 , and that continent now has seven Bishops and 217 clergymen . The Society's connexion with India first began in ...
... extended to New South Wales , and two years afterwards to Norfolk Island . The first clergyman went to Australia in 1788 , and that continent now has seven Bishops and 217 clergymen . The Society's connexion with India first began in ...
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... extend its operations to English congregations on the Continent , and appointed a Continental Chaplaincies Committee to carry out that design . A special fund was raised and will be applied towards the increase of the number of ...
... extend its operations to English congregations on the Continent , and appointed a Continental Chaplaincies Committee to carry out that design . A special fund was raised and will be applied towards the increase of the number of ...
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... extended its missionary operations to the Sandwich Islands , the Orange River Territory , and Madagascar . Thus in all the extensive colonies and dependencies of Great Britain , the Society has continued to the present time to build up ...
... extended its missionary operations to the Sandwich Islands , the Orange River Territory , and Madagascar . Thus in all the extensive colonies and dependencies of Great Britain , the Society has continued to the present time to build up ...
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Adelaide Africa already amongst appointed Archdeacon assistance Australia Barbados blessing boys British Calcutta Canada Capetown catechists cathedral Ceylon chapels chaplain chief Christ Church Missionary Society Church of England Church Society climate cloth coast Codrington College College Colonial Church coloured commenced consecrated Bishop contributed difficulties Diocesan district Edition emigrants endowment English episcopal erection established European faith Fcap Frontispiece Fund gilt edges God's Gospel grant HARRISON WEIR heathen hope Illustrations increased Indian inhabitants instruction island Kafir labours land Mauritius Melanesia ment minister mission native Newfoundland Norfolk Island Nova Scotia number of clergymen parishes persons population prayer present Propagation province Quebec religion religious River Sarawak schoolmasters sent settlement settlers Sierra Leone sionaries Society's souls South spiritual square miles station Stories Super Royal 16mo THOMAS HOOD tion Toronto total number visited wants West Zealand
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Page 230 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's. isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.
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Page 368 - Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates: and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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Page 2 - I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My sake, and the Gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold no'w in this time, and in the 'world to come eternal life; but many that are first shall be last ; and the last first.
Page 37 - King. 4 Soon shall we hear him say, "Ye blessed children, come!" Soon will he call us hence away, To our eternal home.
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Page 196 - Island off the East coast of Africa from which it Is separated by the Mozambique Channel (240 miles wide at its narrowest part).
Page 9 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.