The Juvenile messenger of the Presbyterian Church in England, Volumes 12-131866 |
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... village . I was very thankful , indeed , to think that my brethren on their return to Amoy should be cheered by such an increase . and paid for by themselves . About a month ago there happened to be a great annual idolatrous festival in ...
... village . I was very thankful , indeed , to think that my brethren on their return to Amoy should be cheered by such an increase . and paid for by themselves . About a month ago there happened to be a great annual idolatrous festival in ...
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... village . I cannot tell you how thankful we all were to hear this , for all those persons meeting for worship are yet unbaptized , and this has been a sore trial to their faith , and well have they come out of it . I can- not too ...
... village . I cannot tell you how thankful we all were to hear this , for all those persons meeting for worship are yet unbaptized , and this has been a sore trial to their faith , and well have they come out of it . I can- not too ...
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... village . On Saturday the " Dorf " was alive with them ; the shops were crowded , and the quantity of goods they bought was something very extra- ordinary . Three shepherds spent £ 25 in one shop in clothing for themselves and their ...
... village . On Saturday the " Dorf " was alive with them ; the shops were crowded , and the quantity of goods they bought was something very extra- ordinary . Three shepherds spent £ 25 in one shop in clothing for themselves and their ...
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... villages all round are absolutely overwhelming when we cannot comply for want of such teachers . I am , therefore , about to adopt a plan of renting small chapels , or preaching - sheds , in these various large towns , and get them ...
... villages all round are absolutely overwhelming when we cannot comply for want of such teachers . I am , therefore , about to adopt a plan of renting small chapels , or preaching - sheds , in these various large towns , and get them ...
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... village of A - chia . As soon as I entered the village , several of the Christians ( for such I may call them ) came forward to meet me , and expressed the greatest pleasure at seeing me , and at once conducted me to my quarters . This ...
... village of A - chia . As soon as I entered the village , several of the Christians ( for such I may call them ) came forward to meet me , and expressed the greatest pleasure at seeing me , and at once conducted me to my quarters . This ...
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Page 18 - And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, " Zaccheus, make haste, and come down ; for to-day I must abide at thy house.
Page 186 - WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here : Fixed in an eternal state, They have done with all below : We a little longer wait, But how little none can know.
Page 17 - Then went the jury out, whose names were, Mr. Blindman, Mr. No-good, Mr. Malice, Mr. Love-lust, Mr. Liveloose, Mr. Heady, Mr. High-mind, Mr. Enmity, Mr. Liar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hate-light, and Mr. Implacable; who every one gave in his private verdict against him among themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. And first, among themselves, Mr. Blind-man, the foreman, said, I see dearly that this man is a heretic. Then said Mr. No-good, Away with such a...
Page 97 - Now I saw in my dream that these two men went in at the gate: and lo, as they entered, they were transfigured, and they had raiment put on that shone like gold. There...
Page 29 - Now there was not far from the place where they lay, a Castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair, and it was in his grounds they now were sleeping : wherefore he, getting up in the morning early, and walking up and down in his fields, caught Christian and Hopeful asleep in his grounds. Then with a grim and surly voice he bid them awake, and asked them whence they were ? and what they did in his grounds ? They told him they were Pilgrims, and that they had lost their way....
Page 80 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus;" " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
Page 24 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 18 - And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Page 81 - Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man ? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we...
Page 16 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die?