Letters on MissionsWestley and Davis, Stationers' Court, 1830 - 280 Seiten |
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... principles . Were we co - workers with God- were we labouring in the spirit of our Master , it would be a mockery to suppose our present success the adequate result of our labours . " * I entirely dissent from the writer of this ...
... principles . Were we co - workers with God- were we labouring in the spirit of our Master , it would be a mockery to suppose our present success the adequate result of our labours . " * I entirely dissent from the writer of this ...
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... principles ? Were more attention paid to the ascertaining of such principles , and more vigour and consistency manifested in prosecuting them , there might be less of glare and noise ; but , as- suredly , there would be a prodigious ...
... principles ? Were more attention paid to the ascertaining of such principles , and more vigour and consistency manifested in prosecuting them , there might be less of glare and noise ; but , as- suredly , there would be a prodigious ...
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... principle to all missions . The parties who conduct them ought fully to understand every thing which relates to the field of labour which is occupied , and ought to be able to give a large portion of undistracted attention to it . " In ...
... principle to all missions . The parties who conduct them ought fully to understand every thing which relates to the field of labour which is occupied , and ought to be able to give a large portion of undistracted attention to it . " In ...
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... principles on which the whole structure of civilization may be reared . But unless we are prepared to assist the work of evangelization , after it has begun in a savage country , by all the means which the new state of society , and the ...
... principles on which the whole structure of civilization may be reared . But unless we are prepared to assist the work of evangelization , after it has begun in a savage country , by all the means which the new state of society , and the ...
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... principles , and for christian objects , has not yet been properly tried . Look at America , towering already in greatness , and with a giant's step advancing to pre - eminence among the nations . Who cut down its forests , and drained ...
... principles , and for christian objects , has not yet been properly tried . Look at America , towering already in greatness , and with a giant's step advancing to pre - eminence among the nations . Who cut down its forests , and drained ...
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Seite xxxvii - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Seite 43 - ... as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Seite 208 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Seite 173 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Seite 149 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Seite 122 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Seite 211 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Seite 249 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Seite 148 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Seite 172 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.