Historical sketches of the Missions of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen: from their commencement to the year 1817

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Nisbet, 1827 - 471 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 128 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: When thou walkest through the fire, thou shall not be burned; Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Pàgina 223 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Pàgina 317 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Pàgina 63 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Pàgina 323 - 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?
Pàgina 10 - And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Pàgina 178 - ... to which it would be difficult to find a parallel in the annals of human depravity *. The disease generally manifested itself by the usual febrile symptoms of shivering, nausea, headache, and delirium.
Pàgina 80 - God's mercy, it succeeded; both sledges gained tiie shore, and were drawn up the beach with much difficulty. " The travellers had hardly time to reflect with gratitude to God on their safety, when that part of the ice, from which they had just now made good their landing, burst asunder, and the water forcing itself from below, covered and precipitated it into the sea. In an instant, as if by a signal given, the whole mass of ice extending for several miles from the coast, as far as the eye could...
Pàgina 82 - Esquimaux could seek and find another more safe place for a snow-house, were hours of great trial to mind and body, and filled every one with painful reflections. Before the day dawned, the Esquimaux cut a hole into a large drift of snow, to screen the woman and child, and the two missionaries.
Pàgina 82 - ... in a short time. Towards noon of the 13th, the weather cleared up, and the sea was seen as far as the eye could reach, quite clear and free from ice.

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