Letters on MissionsWestley and Davis, Stationers' Court, 1830 - 280 sider |
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... actual business of every cha- ritable institution is transacted by a very small number of zealous individuals , who perhaps are as often thwarted and embarrassed , as aided by their colleagues . Of necessity , therefore , it must be ...
... actual business of every cha- ritable institution is transacted by a very small number of zealous individuals , who perhaps are as often thwarted and embarrassed , as aided by their colleagues . Of necessity , therefore , it must be ...
Side xlvi
... actual unity which exists among the Missionaries abroad , could not be furnished , than what is contained in the following paragraph . I be- lieve the author to be perfectly just in his sup- position ; but then what becomes of his argu ...
... actual unity which exists among the Missionaries abroad , could not be furnished , than what is contained in the following paragraph . I be- lieve the author to be perfectly just in his sup- position ; but then what becomes of his argu ...
Side 1
... pretend not to any new or original views , but actual engagement in missionary service has given me a deepened impression of some truths generally B admitted , yet not sufficiently weighed , and for that On the Choice of a Missionary Life.
... pretend not to any new or original views , but actual engagement in missionary service has given me a deepened impression of some truths generally B admitted , yet not sufficiently weighed , and for that On the Choice of a Missionary Life.
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... actual encounter with these difficulties may produce effects , little suspected , be- fore the trial comes to be made . A san- It may be said that , admitting the share which a lively fancy , expatiating upon the unknown scenes of his ...
... actual encounter with these difficulties may produce effects , little suspected , be- fore the trial comes to be made . A san- It may be said that , admitting the share which a lively fancy , expatiating upon the unknown scenes of his ...
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... actual performance may be no better than that of a slave . The command must be obeyed " from the heart : " - the service must be a free - will offering ; it must be a sacrifice of love and glad acknowledgment of the mercy of God , who ...
... actual performance may be no better than that of a slave . The command must be obeyed " from the heart : " - the service must be a free - will offering ; it must be a sacrifice of love and glad acknowledgment of the mercy of God , who ...
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Side 48 - majesty of meekness".—" giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry might not be blamed, but in all things approving themselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;-by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by
Side xxxvi - employed. Its success in any country, hitherto, will not justify the christian church in saying, " By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent." Here, as in other departments of
Side 174 - Acts xiii. 46.—("It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you ; but seeing you
Side 31 - hence, metaphorically to desire earnestly, to express eagerness to obtain. It is the same word used 1 Tim. vi. 10. " The love of money is the root of all evil, which, while some coveted after," &c. Like the miser's passion for money, should the man of God desire—covet not the wages, but the work of the ministry. The other word
Side 135 - its glad tidings, is either the duty of christians or it is not. If it be the duty of one it is the duty of all, according to their ability. But in the case supposed the plea in effect is inability. I
Side 174 - of a man, who, faithfully as he may be preaching the gospel to a congregation of professed christians, is hiding in a corner among them the talent that might have told with effect against the fabric of heathen idolatry ? * Is there not reason to suspect that he may here find the secret cause of his
Side x - arguments derived from the Scriptures, to persuade us that it is our duty to engage in this good work ; but a condensed view of the knowledge and experience which have been acquired during the last thirty or forty years. What appear to be the best fields of
Side 146 - beat their swords into plough shares, and their spears into pruning hooks, and
Side 121 - own truth and faithfulness in fulfilling his promises, that by methods known to his infinite wisdom he would enlighten the dark places of the earth with the pure light of evangelical truth, and hasten the happy time foretold when the dominion of Christ
Side 164 - is not able to bring his lamb may bring his turtle doves or two young pigeons; and he who is not able to present even these may offer the tenth part of an ephah of fine flower. (Lev. v. 7, 11.) But there is a rigid requisition upon every individual up to