Letters on MissionsWestley and Davis, Stationers' Court, 1830 - 280 sider |
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Side lvii
... heart , unity of plan , and harmony of design , ought to be studied and cultivated by every society . Each should study the field which it appears most competent to occupy to advantage . The region , or district which is taken ...
... heart , unity of plan , and harmony of design , ought to be studied and cultivated by every society . Each should study the field which it appears most competent to occupy to advantage . The region , or district which is taken ...
Side lx
... hearts would be defaced by the wretched , selfish system which now passes for true holiness among so many ? How is it that we so easily discern what the Scriptures say respecting doctrines or modes of worship , and remain so blind to ...
... hearts would be defaced by the wretched , selfish system which now passes for true holiness among so many ? How is it that we so easily discern what the Scriptures say respecting doctrines or modes of worship , and remain so blind to ...
Side 6
... heart of the true missionary ; and that thus his motives and aims are acquiring a superior purity and heavenliness as he advances in his career of labour and tribulation . I have supposed that a young man may picture to himself such a ...
... heart of the true missionary ; and that thus his motives and aims are acquiring a superior purity and heavenliness as he advances in his career of labour and tribulation . I have supposed that a young man may picture to himself such a ...
Side 8
... heart , and purity of mo- tive , along with the admixture of selfish views ; but it is not difficult to conceive , that the situation of a missionary in a foreign country , may appear a desirable thing to persons who possess neither the ...
... heart , and purity of mo- tive , along with the admixture of selfish views ; but it is not difficult to conceive , that the situation of a missionary in a foreign country , may appear a desirable thing to persons who possess neither the ...
Side 10
... heart , and all ; lest he should learn the ways of the heathen , and bring reproach on the name of Christ . In such a situation , a truly devoted servant of God will walk with " fear and trembling . " Knowing his own weakness , and 10.
... heart , and all ; lest he should learn the ways of the heathen , and bring reproach on the name of Christ . In such a situation , a truly devoted servant of God will walk with " fear and trembling . " Knowing his own weakness , and 10.
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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