The Christian Keepsake, and Missionary Annual, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836 |
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... o'er thy vacant bed , Thy silent couch where weeds are spread , Implore thee in their utmost need , To come once more , and come with speed . In vain , the dark and distant cave Now hides , and holds thy silver wave , And neither ...
... o'er thy vacant bed , Thy silent couch where weeds are spread , Implore thee in their utmost need , To come once more , and come with speed . In vain , the dark and distant cave Now hides , and holds thy silver wave , And neither ...
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... o'er him hover'd ; That last smile bids a bright farewell to sadness , His Father , Saviour , heaven , at once discover'd . And can we , meek majestic man , deplore thee , Forbid to die within thy Canaan's border ? Thou but resign'st it ...
... o'er him hover'd ; That last smile bids a bright farewell to sadness , His Father , Saviour , heaven , at once discover'd . And can we , meek majestic man , deplore thee , Forbid to die within thy Canaan's border ? Thou but resign'st it ...
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... o'er humanity , nor less Than God , -yea , the IMMANUEL - God with us ! Now change the scene - a moment let the eye Be fixed on Calvary : lo ! on the Cross , The Lamb of God in sacrificial death Expires ; and heaven is reconciled to ...
... o'er humanity , nor less Than God , -yea , the IMMANUEL - God with us ! Now change the scene - a moment let the eye Be fixed on Calvary : lo ! on the Cross , The Lamb of God in sacrificial death Expires ; and heaven is reconciled to ...
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... of more ? His favour , sure , hath all things writ in one . Rich in his love , -whose cup but runneth o'er , And what shall he withhold who for them gave his Son ? " FEAR NOT . " BY T. AVELING . WHENE'ER " PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME . 71.
... of more ? His favour , sure , hath all things writ in one . Rich in his love , -whose cup but runneth o'er , And what shall he withhold who for them gave his Son ? " FEAR NOT . " BY T. AVELING . WHENE'ER " PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME . 71.
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... o'er many a pagan coast No heavenly ray the darkness broke ; All Europe slept ; -no sacred host Yet , at the Spirit's call , awoke . * The first Moravian Mission was undertaken among the negro slaves in the Danish West India Islands ...
... o'er many a pagan coast No heavenly ray the darkness broke ; All Europe slept ; -no sacred host Yet , at the Spirit's call , awoke . * The first Moravian Mission was undertaken among the negro slaves in the Danish West India Islands ...
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AGNES STRICKLAND ancient appeared beautiful benevolence Berhampore BERNARD BARTON blessing bright called Canton cedars character Chicacole China Chinese Chinese language Christian church cloth conversation dark dead dear death Derbent divine Earl earth EMMA ROBERTS endeavouring Engraved eternal factory faith father fear feel feet friends gates gloom glory gospel hath heard heart heathen heaven holy honour hope hour hymn Imerina J. M. W. Turner Jesus Christ JOSIAH CONDER labours land language Lebanon light living lofty London Missionary Society Lord Malacca mercy mind mission Missionary Mohammed morning Morrison mountains native never o'er pagan peace praise Pray prayer Quarto religion religious rise round sacred SAMUEL DREW Saviour scene Scriptures Seleucus Nicator song sorrow soul spirit spread sweet Taiarapu thee thine things thou trees truth venerable visited voice walls waves Wilberforce WILLIAM WILBERFORCE worship
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Page 80 - 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.
Page 106 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 29 - Then Trajan pronounced this sentence against him : — ' Forasmuch as Ignatius has confessed that he carries about within himself him that was crucified, we command that he be carried, bound by soldiers, to the great Rome, there to be thrown to the wild beasts, for the entertainment of the people.
Page 72 - WHENE'ER the clouds of sorrow roll, And trials whelm the mind, — When, faint with grief, thy wearied soul No joys on earth can find, — Then lift thy voice to God on high, Dry up the trembling tear, And hush the low complaining sigh : Fear not ; thy God is near. 2 When dark temptations spread their snares, And earth with charms allures, And when thy soul, oppressed with fears, The world's assault endures, Then let thy Father's friendly voice Thy fainting spirit cheer, And bid thy trembling heart...
Page 81 - SEND out Thy light and truth, O GOD ! With sound of trumpet from above ; Break not the nations with Thy rod, But draw them as with cords of love ; Justice and mercy meet ; The work is well begun, Through every clime their feet, Who bring glad tidings, run ; In earth, as heaven, Thy will be done.
Page 72 - ... When dark temptations spread their snares, And earth with charms allures. And when thy soul, oppressed with fears, The world's assault endures, Then let thy Father's friendly voice Thy fainting spirit cheer, And bid thy trembling heart rejoice : " Fear not " ; thy God is near. 3 And when the final hour shall come, That calls thee to thy rest, To dwell within thy heavenly home, A welcome, joyful guest, Be calm ; though Jordan's waves may roll, No ills shall meet thee there ; Angels shall whisper...
Page 130 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields keeping watch over their flocks by night. "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
Page 29 - His kingdom, do you say, who was crucified under Pilate ?' Ign. ' His, who crucified my sin with its author, and has put all the fraud and malice of Satan under the feet of those who carry him in their heart.' Traj. ' Dost thou then carry him who was crucified, with thee ?' Ign. ' I do,' for it is written " I dwell in them, and walk in them.
Page 17 - ... in token of their approbation of his philological labours. In 1818, Dr. Morrison executed a project, which he had long had in contemplation — the establishment of an Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, in which the languages and literature of the two countries should be interchangeably communicated, chiefly with a view to the final object of his mission, the introduction of the Christian religion into China. The London Missionary Society had previously obtained a grant of ground, for the erection...