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... success we should pray for in this case is no mere earthly victory , by which , at best , some cities or provinces are added to our possessions ( and with them a heavier load of responsibility upon our rulers and governors ) , or a few ...
... success we should pray for in this case is no mere earthly victory , by which , at best , some cities or provinces are added to our possessions ( and with them a heavier load of responsibility upon our rulers and governors ) , or a few ...
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... success . There is yet another way in which most of us may assist in the propagation of the Gospel , and that is— Thirdly , by Almsgiving . Even the youngest and poorest amongst us may do something in this way , as has been shown by ...
... success . There is yet another way in which most of us may assist in the propagation of the Gospel , and that is— Thirdly , by Almsgiving . Even the youngest and poorest amongst us may do something in this way , as has been shown by ...
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... success until the year 1607 , when the first band of settlers landed and founded James Town . Since then colonies and foreign possessions have been added to the British Crown with wonderful rapidity . In 1605 Barbados , our earliest ...
... success until the year 1607 , when the first band of settlers landed and founded James Town . Since then colonies and foreign possessions have been added to the British Crown with wonderful rapidity . In 1605 Barbados , our earliest ...
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... blessing of God , we may in future hope for a still larger measure of success in winning souls to Christ , from their fostering care and superintendence . CHAPTER III . THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE WORK IN THE COLONIES . 13.
... blessing of God , we may in future hope for a still larger measure of success in winning souls to Christ , from their fostering care and superintendence . CHAPTER III . THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE WORK IN THE COLONIES . 13.
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... country was absorbed with the great events and first signal success of the Crimean war , and the Society resolved to make additional pro- vision for the spiritual instruction and consolation of the soldiers WORK IN THE COLONIES . 17.
... country was absorbed with the great events and first signal success of the Crimean war , and the Society resolved to make additional pro- vision for the spiritual instruction and consolation of the soldiers WORK IN THE COLONIES . 17.
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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.