Early years and late reflections v. 3, Volume 3Whittaker and Company, 1856 |
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... of Missionaries at the Cape ..................... 28 Mr. Martyn at St. Salvador 30 His excessive self - abasement ... Observations on passing the Island of Ceylon ........ 37 39 Page Notice of Bishop Heber's Voyage from England to India.
... of Missionaries at the Cape ..................... 28 Mr. Martyn at St. Salvador 30 His excessive self - abasement ... Observations on passing the Island of Ceylon ........ 37 39 Page Notice of Bishop Heber's Voyage from England to India.
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... minutes after , going up stairs for a book which I had forgotten , and passing by Dr. Hyne's open door , I saw the dear Bishop kneeling by his bed - side , and his hands raised in prayer . How can I do otherwise than love this man , 19.
... minutes after , going up stairs for a book which I had forgotten , and passing by Dr. Hyne's open door , I saw the dear Bishop kneeling by his bed - side , and his hands raised in prayer . How can I do otherwise than love this man , 19.
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... passed without his going between the decks , where , to all who were willing to attend , he read some religious book ( at first the " Pilgrim's Progress " ) upon which he commented as he went on . " Some attend fixedly ; others are ...
... passed without his going between the decks , where , to all who were willing to attend , he read some religious book ( at first the " Pilgrim's Progress " ) upon which he commented as he went on . " Some attend fixedly ; others are ...
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... passed through so many perils , to their being many of them about to meet an enemy in the field , and , as especially opportune , to the death of their captain . " On the 3rd of January , 1806 , the fleet anchored , and instantly the ...
... passed through so many perils , to their being many of them about to meet an enemy in the field , and , as especially opportune , to the death of their captain . " On the 3rd of January , 1806 , the fleet anchored , and instantly the ...
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... passing into eternity . The poor ladies were in a dreadful condition ; every peal seemed to go through their hearts . I have just been endeavouring to do what I can to keep up their spirits . The sound is now retiring , and the enemy ...
... passing into eternity . The poor ladies were in a dreadful condition ; every peal seemed to go through their hearts . I have just been endeavouring to do what I can to keep up their spirits . The sound is now retiring , and the enemy ...
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Page 52 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 255 - Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 309 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 320 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 126 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died ? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Page 165 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospe.1.
Page 51 - Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 123 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 323 - How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.
Page 323 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.