The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society

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John Snow & Company, 1890 - Missions, British

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Page 154 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 54 - 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.
Page 235 - And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
Page 141 - So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Page 296 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 104 - Into a general knowledge of the objects and progress of modern missions I was initiated from my earliest youth by my revered father, whose catholic spirit rejoiced in tracing the triumph of the gospel in different lands, and in connection with the different branches of the Christian Church.
Page 103 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 37 - Africans have endured the most deadly persecutions— the stake and the ftre, the cord and the club, the sharp knife, and the rifle bullet have all been tried to cause them to reject the teachings they have absorbed. Staunch in their beliefs, firm in their convictions, they have held together stoutly and resolutely...
Page 38 - Livingstone, Mackay, piously brought up, are taught among other things what duty is, what it means ; not to yield to anything but strict duty. Thus, Moffat can persevere for fifty years in doing his duty among the heathen ; and Livingstone, having given his promise to Sir Roderick that he will do his best, thinks it will be a breach of his duty to return home before he finishes his work ; and Mackay plods on, despite every disadvantage, sees his house gutted and his flock scattered, and yet, with...
Page 68 - The Company as such, or its officers as such, shall not in any way interfere with the religion of any class or tribe of the peoples of the territories aforesaid or of any of the inhabitants thereof, except so far as may be necessary in the...

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