The Missionary Convention at Jerusalem: Or, An Exhibition of the Claims of the World to the GospelJohn S. Taylor, 1838 - 244 pages |
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Page 53
... engaged in teaching and disseminating " the good seed ? " Is this the con- dition of souls in Great Britain , where the propor- tion of ministers is still greater , and many hun- dreds , for want of parishes , are obliged to engage in ...
... engaged in teaching and disseminating " the good seed ? " Is this the con- dition of souls in Great Britain , where the propor- tion of ministers is still greater , and many hun- dreds , for want of parishes , are obliged to engage in ...
Page 98
... engaged in opposing each other , he is employed in pushing forward his con- quests ; and every feeling of mutual animosity you indulge , and every attempt at mutual collision you make , are so many decided victories , which he gains ...
... engaged in opposing each other , he is employed in pushing forward his con- quests ; and every feeling of mutual animosity you indulge , and every attempt at mutual collision you make , are so many decided victories , which he gains ...
Page 134
... engaged , and then subject the fruits of missionary labour to the same test , we should probably find that the visi- ble good accomplished among the heathen bears a greater proportion to the agency employed , than in nations nominally ...
... engaged , and then subject the fruits of missionary labour to the same test , we should probably find that the visi- ble good accomplished among the heathen bears a greater proportion to the agency employed , than in nations nominally ...
Page 140
... proportion who would find it obligatory to remain at home would far surpass in efficiency , if not in number , the entire sum now engaged . Besides , the relative circumstances of the differ- ent nations 140 A PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY .
... proportion who would find it obligatory to remain at home would far surpass in efficiency , if not in number , the entire sum now engaged . Besides , the relative circumstances of the differ- ent nations 140 A PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY .
Page 170
... engaged in worldly pursuits , to inscribe upon their all , " holiness to the Lord . " That the purposes of God , as well as their im- perative duty , demand the consecration of their se- cular pursuits , the Bible clearly affirms ...
... engaged in worldly pursuits , to inscribe upon their all , " holiness to the Lord . " That the purposes of God , as well as their im- perative duty , demand the consecration of their se- cular pursuits , the Bible clearly affirms ...
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Page 64 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.
Page 15 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 170 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 47 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 15 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name; for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee : for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 42 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 233 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Page 13 - ... delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son ; as having redemption through Christ's blood, and the forgiveness of sins.
Page 57 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Page 42 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.