The Wesleyan Missionary Notices, Relating Principally to the Foreign Missions First Established by the Rev. John Wesley, M.A. the Rev. Dr. Coke and Others, and Now Carried on Under the Direction of the Methodist ConferenceJames Nichols, 1855 |
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... miles distant , where we passed the night . SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS . This The next morning we returned at ten o'clock to witness the remaining , and indeed the chief , portion of the ceremo- nies . The same dismal dance was per- formed ...
... miles distant , where we passed the night . SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS . This The next morning we returned at ten o'clock to witness the remaining , and indeed the chief , portion of the ceremo- nies . The same dismal dance was per- formed ...
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... miles from this . But immediately on my return from the District - Meeting in January , I commenced the erection of a Mission- house , which has since been completed . The walls are of burnt brick . The body of the house is fifty - four ...
... miles from this . But immediately on my return from the District - Meeting in January , I commenced the erection of a Mission- house , which has since been completed . The walls are of burnt brick . The body of the house is fifty - four ...
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... miles apart , and whose circumference is at least one hundred and seventy miles , a great part running through districts whose roads are proverbially bad , is , it must be admitted , rather too large to be effi- ciently worked by one ...
... miles apart , and whose circumference is at least one hundred and seventy miles , a great part running through districts whose roads are proverbially bad , is , it must be admitted , rather too large to be effi- ciently worked by one ...
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... miles , and knew nothing of the occur- rence until my return on Monday . " WHO has not heard of the success of recent Missionary Anniversaries in Leeds ? Newspapers have reported them , and many a private letter has con- veyed the ...
... miles , and knew nothing of the occur- rence until my return on Monday . " WHO has not heard of the success of recent Missionary Anniversaries in Leeds ? Newspapers have reported them , and many a private letter has con- veyed the ...
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... miles at least , besides long rides in other direc- tions . The country through which these rides are performed is karoo , being short , shaggy bushes , which do not cover a quarter of the ground , the rest being bare sand mixed with ...
... miles at least , besides long rides in other direc- tions . The country through which these rides are performed is karoo , being short , shaggy bushes , which do not cover a quarter of the ground , the rest being bare sand mixed with ...
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Page 98 - We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 91 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 15 - I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 34 - Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Page 34 - This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other ; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Page 194 - ... through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, •whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Page 205 - His marvellous light : which in time past were not a people, but are now the People of God : which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Page 206 - Gilfillan again smiled scornfully as he made this indirect answer, — " Even thus are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light...
Page 98 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 32 - In a rapture of joy My life I employ, The God of my life to proclaim ; 'Tis worth living for this, To administer bliss And salvation in Jesus's name.