Work in the Colonies: Some Account of the Missionary Operations of the Church of England in Connection with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ... |
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... sent to minister to the spiritual necessities of our settlers , and to labour for the conversion of the heathen , or before a church was built in which these " few sheep in the wilderness " might unite once more in worshipping the God ...
... sent to minister to the spiritual necessities of our settlers , and to labour for the conversion of the heathen , or before a church was built in which these " few sheep in the wilderness " might unite once more in worshipping the God ...
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... sent to America as commissary of Bishop Compton ) , on his return to England published infor- mation of a striking character as to the spiritual destitution of the colonies , and made various proposals for relieving it . Stimu- lated by ...
... sent to America as commissary of Bishop Compton ) , on his return to England published infor- mation of a striking character as to the spiritual destitution of the colonies , and made various proposals for relieving it . Stimu- lated by ...
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... sent immediately afterwards to the British sub jects abroad , Christians and heathens . Those American colonies which separated from England in 1783 , and now form the United States , were the chief , though not the only scene of the ...
... sent immediately afterwards to the British sub jects abroad , Christians and heathens . Those American colonies which separated from England in 1783 , and now form the United States , were the chief , though not the only scene of the ...
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... sent to the negroes in Guinea . A native African ( after being educated and ordained in England ) was stationed on ... sent a clergyman to the Cape of Good Hope , where there are now five Bishops and ninety - seven clergy- men . In 1839 ...
... sent to the negroes in Guinea . A native African ( after being educated and ordained in England ) was stationed on ... sent a clergyman to the Cape of Good Hope , where there are now five Bishops and ninety - seven clergy- men . In 1839 ...
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... sent their contributions , a considerable in- crease on the number which contributed before the withdrawal of the Queen's Letter . But , gratifying as is the increase , there can be no satisfactory reason why still more than one - half ...
... sent their contributions , a considerable in- crease on the number which contributed before the withdrawal of the Queen's Letter . But , gratifying as is the increase , there can be no satisfactory reason why still more than one - half ...
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Page 21 - NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give the praise; for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
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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.
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