Missions in Labrador from Their Commencement to the Present TimeReligious Tract & Book Society for Ireland, 1831 - 336 pages |
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... knowledge , still their as- sent to the truths which they taught , was hypocritical , cold , and uninfluential . But , when it pleased the Lord , in his sovereign wisdom and goodness , to pour out His Spirit upon the Esquimaux ...
... knowledge , still their as- sent to the truths which they taught , was hypocritical , cold , and uninfluential . But , when it pleased the Lord , in his sovereign wisdom and goodness , to pour out His Spirit upon the Esquimaux ...
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... his natural state are ordinarily regulated , and as the tone of moral sentiment is elevated or depressed among any people , according to their knowledge of the Scriptures , we usually find those nations which are left to the dark- ness.
... his natural state are ordinarily regulated , and as the tone of moral sentiment is elevated or depressed among any people , according to their knowledge of the Scriptures , we usually find those nations which are left to the dark- ness.
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... knowledge of the language , their acquaintance with the superstitions and prejudices of the savages , by their being inured to the climate of the polar regions , and habituated to the hardships which a Mis- sionary in such a country ...
... knowledge of the language , their acquaintance with the superstitions and prejudices of the savages , by their being inured to the climate of the polar regions , and habituated to the hardships which a Mis- sionary in such a country ...
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... knowledge of the Greenlandic when engaged in the whale fishery in Disko Bay . This little expedition set sail in May , 1752 , and in July cast anchor in a large bay on the coast of Labrador , to which they gave the name of Nisbet's ...
... knowledge of the Greenlandic when engaged in the whale fishery in Disko Bay . This little expedition set sail in May , 1752 , and in July cast anchor in a large bay on the coast of Labrador , to which they gave the name of Nisbet's ...
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... the private history of these brethren , and from our knowledge of the in- timacy subsisting between them , it seems reasonable to conclude , that Matthew Stach , MR . HAVEN . 27 who was the spring of 26 MISSIONS IN LABRADOR .
... the private history of these brethren , and from our knowledge of the in- timacy subsisting between them , it seems reasonable to conclude , that Matthew Stach , MR . HAVEN . 27 who was the spring of 26 MISSIONS IN LABRADOR .
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Angekok arrival awakening baptized believe blessed blood boat Brethren Captain Chateau Bay Christ Christian church coast of Labrador comfort converted countrymen danger death deliverance desire distress divine divine grace Drachart drift ice effect Esqui Esquimaux congregation expressed faith Familiar Spirit favourable fear feel felt friends Gospel grace Greenland happy Haven hear heard heathen Holy Ghost hope Hopedale Jens Haven Jesus Kangertluksoak Karpik kayaks labours Labrador Mission land Lichtenfels live Lord Lord's manifested maux mercy Mikak mind Missionaries Nain night Okkak Orknies peace poor Esquimaux pray prayer quimaux racter received Redeemer rejoice rienced salvation Satan savages Saviour Scriptures Settlement shew ship shore sinner sins sion sionaries sledge snow-house soul Spirit suffer tears tent thank thee things thou thoughts thren tion truth Ungava Bay unto vessel voyage weeping winter words
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Page 37 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Page 173 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, Yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 239 - And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
Page 119 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 214 - And besides this, giving all diligence, ADD to your faith virtue; AND to virtue knowledge; AND to knowledge temperance; AND to temperance patience; AND to patience godliness; AND to godliness brotherly kindness; AND to brotherly kindness charity.
Page 189 - For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh...
Page 89 - And Samuel said unto the people, "Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart...
Page 309 - Christ died for all, that we who live should not henceforth live unto ourselves, but unto Him who died for us, and rose again.
Page 55 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 224 - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked : between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.