Letters on MissionsWestley and Davis, Stationers' Court, 1830 - 280 sider |
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Side xii
... moral and intellectual , of missionaries , their peculiar temptations and difficulties , the nature of their labours , and the sources of their anxiety , their encouragements and discourage- ments , the reader will find most important ...
... moral and intellectual , of missionaries , their peculiar temptations and difficulties , the nature of their labours , and the sources of their anxiety , their encouragements and discourage- ments , the reader will find most important ...
Side xxxiv
... moral machinery ; but it might be found im- practicable to bring it soon again into efficient operation . It is easy to cut down and to destroy , compared with the labour of building and planting . 11 -For similar reasons , I do not ...
... moral machinery ; but it might be found im- practicable to bring it soon again into efficient operation . It is easy to cut down and to destroy , compared with the labour of building and planting . 11 -For similar reasons , I do not ...
Side xli
... morals ; and which moreover is ordinarily conferred upon those who are in training for pecular sufferings or services ? " These distinctions give to the body of enlight- ened Churchmen a visible claim to the honour of taking the lead in ...
... morals ; and which moreover is ordinarily conferred upon those who are in training for pecular sufferings or services ? " These distinctions give to the body of enlight- ened Churchmen a visible claim to the honour of taking the lead in ...
Side 15
... moral worth , and anticipate the sentence of con- demnation God will at last utter alike against open transgression and feigned obedience . Moreover , as there may be , and most commonly is , a mixture of motives to be discovered , when ...
... moral worth , and anticipate the sentence of con- demnation God will at last utter alike against open transgression and feigned obedience . Moreover , as there may be , and most commonly is , a mixture of motives to be discovered , when ...
Side 27
... morally and intellectually ; one whom the God of nature has adorned with superior gifts ; upon whom the God of salvation has bestowed a rich measure of grace . But I must descend to particulars . In attempting to delineate the character ...
... morally and intellectually ; one whom the God of nature has adorned with superior gifts ; upon whom the God of salvation has bestowed a rich measure of grace . But I must descend to particulars . In attempting to delineate the character ...
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Side xxxvii - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Side 53 - ... as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Side 218 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Side 183 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Side 159 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Side 132 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Side 221 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Side 259 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Side 158 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Side 182 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.