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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... What we have already done for the heathen world is , at least in my judgement , quite as much as the urgent de- mands of our own country justify . CHAPTER V. THE last speaker had scarcely taken his seat 28 SPEECH OF AN AMERICAN .
... What we have already done for the heathen world is , at least in my judgement , quite as much as the urgent de- mands of our own country justify . CHAPTER V. THE last speaker had scarcely taken his seat 28 SPEECH OF AN AMERICAN .
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... scarcely taken his seat , before a representative of another part of the Christian world claimed the attention of the assembly . I am a citizen , said he , of that country where the chains of papal superstition were first sun- dered ...
... scarcely taken his seat , before a representative of another part of the Christian world claimed the attention of the assembly . I am a citizen , said he , of that country where the chains of papal superstition were first sun- dered ...
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... by the name Toby . It is only about three - quarters of a mile long , by one - half broad . It affords scarcely any means of subsistence . The natives live principally upon cocoanuts ; at times they 34 A CONVERTED CHINESE .
... by the name Toby . It is only about three - quarters of a mile long , by one - half broad . It affords scarcely any means of subsistence . The natives live principally upon cocoanuts ; at times they 34 A CONVERTED CHINESE .
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... the condition of the heathen world aroused the sympathies of these very Christians , they scarcely gave any thing to objects of charity . What a rich commentary does this specimen of facts furnish 4 * OF EUROPEAN DESCENT . 41.
... the condition of the heathen world aroused the sympathies of these very Christians , they scarcely gave any thing to objects of charity . What a rich commentary does this specimen of facts furnish 4 * OF EUROPEAN DESCENT . 41.
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... scarcely see how it was possible for me to have believed that an infinitely just and holy Being would condemn his creatures for in- voluntary and hence necessary ignorance . How is it credible that a God of so much com- passion and ...
... scarcely see how it was possible for me to have believed that an infinitely just and holy Being would condemn his creatures for in- voluntary and hence necessary ignorance . How is it credible that a God of so much com- passion and ...
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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.