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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... duty of giving liberally . - Motives , ..... CHAPTER XXIX . - A ship - master . 151 159 166 .. 172 ... 180 186 The advantage of men of secular pursuits engaging in missionary labour . His own observation.- Missionary communities ...
... duty of giving liberally . - Motives , ..... CHAPTER XXIX . - A ship - master . 151 159 166 .. 172 ... 180 186 The advantage of men of secular pursuits engaging in missionary labour . His own observation.- Missionary communities ...
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... The sole intention of the writer in this ideal scene is to present the Christian duty of evangelizing all nations , in as pure and strong a light as he can pour upon it . CHAPTER I. WE will imagine that at the expiration of PREFACE . vii.
... The sole intention of the writer in this ideal scene is to present the Christian duty of evangelizing all nations , in as pure and strong a light as he can pour upon it . CHAPTER I. WE will imagine that at the expiration of PREFACE . vii.
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... duty imposed upon those who have received the blessings of revelation , to communicate them to others . From this purpose of infinite wisdom , and these provisions for its accomplishment , I turn my eyes to the nations of men . I look ...
... duty imposed upon those who have received the blessings of revelation , to communicate them to others . From this purpose of infinite wisdom , and these provisions for its accomplishment , I turn my eyes to the nations of men . I look ...
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... duty ; -but how is it possible that she could ever have slumbered so long ? How can such a state of death be con- sistent with a religion of life and power ? -a re- ligion whose demands are so binding , whose rewards are so glorious ...
... duty ; -but how is it possible that she could ever have slumbered so long ? How can such a state of death be con- sistent with a religion of life and power ? -a re- ligion whose demands are so binding , whose rewards are so glorious ...
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... duty upon us , their sympathies would be powerfully awakened ! Nearly two thousand years have rolled away since the world was thrown open to the benevolent efforts of Christians . What dense crowds have been passing through the long ...
... duty upon us , their sympathies would be powerfully awakened ! Nearly two thousand years have rolled away since the world was thrown open to the benevolent efforts of Christians . What dense crowds have been passing through the long ...
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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 75 - 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 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 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 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 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 197 - I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
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 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.