Mission history. By James CalvertA. Heylin, 1858 - Fiji |
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Page 357 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 366 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 374 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded...
Page 204 - And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And their queens thy nursing mothers: They shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, And lick up the dust of thy feet ; And thou shalt know that I am the Lord: For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Page 41 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Page 270 - Certainly the feelings of the VeWa people were not ordinary. They literally roared for hours together for the disquietude of their souls. This frequently terminated in fainting from exhaustion, -which was the only respite some of them had till they found peace. They no sooner recovered their consciousness than they prayed themselves first into an agony, then again into a state of entire insensibility.
Page 76 - I love the Lord, and I Know He loves me ; not for anything in me, or for anything I have done ; but for Christ's sake alone. I trust in Christ and am happy. I listen to God, that He may do with me as He pleases. I am thankful to have lived until the Lord's work has begun. I feel it in my heart. I hold Jesus. I am happy. My heart is full of love to God. ' " Another said, 'One good thing I know — the sacred blood of Jesus. I desire nothing else.
Page 276 - Those who stood by, fearing for his weak frame, tried to calm his emotion, by telling him that God was blessing Fiji, and that now he must be silent. For a time he yielded, and wept low ; but that great flame of devoted love must leap up in all its glory of earnestness ere it go out ; and, grasping Mr. Calvert with one hand, he raised the other, crying, " O let me pray once more for Fiji ! Lord, for Christ's sake, bless Fiji ! Save Fiji ! Save Thy servants ! Save Thy people ! Save the heathen —...
Page 87 - And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified Him, and two other with Him, on either side one, and JESUS in the midst.
Page 133 - So he continued in praise and loving thankfulness for some time, testifying to the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse from all sin. Calmly, and without a fear or murmur, this good man awaited death, and on the 29th of October gently "fell asleep.