Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East..., Volume 1Church Missionary House, 1830 |
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... tion , in their endeavours privately to make known the Truth , and occa- sionally in the public Preaching of it , have met with a degree of encourage ment , which , under all circumstances , could scarcely have been expected . Four ...
... tion , in their endeavours privately to make known the Truth , and occa- sionally in the public Preaching of it , have met with a degree of encourage ment , which , under all circumstances , could scarcely have been expected . Four ...
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... tion . The history of the Deluge is pre- served in the tradition of the Magaginé ; but it is defective , as they believe that every living creature perished in that awful calamity , and that God created altogether new beings after the ...
... tion . The history of the Deluge is pre- served in the tradition of the Magaginé ; but it is defective , as they believe that every living creature perished in that awful calamity , and that God created altogether new beings after the ...
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... tion of Schoolmasters for Egypt should be established by our Society . It will be observed in their different Letters , that they found with the greatest diffi- culty a man whom they could employ in their present school ; and even that ...
... tion of Schoolmasters for Egypt should be established by our Society . It will be observed in their different Letters , that they found with the greatest diffi- culty a man whom they could employ in their present school ; and even that ...
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... tion , with a view to their preparation for the office of Native Teachers . From the Boys thus educated , the more hopeful are afterwards removed , when sufficiently advanced , into the CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION which has been erected at ...
... tion , with a view to their preparation for the office of Native Teachers . From the Boys thus educated , the more hopeful are afterwards removed , when sufficiently advanced , into the CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION which has been erected at ...
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... tion , and as having made considerable progress , who , on inquiry , proved to have lost nearly all which they had known . Those sent to school are , generally , the children of the lower classes ; and , as soon as they are old enough ...
... tion , and as having made considerable progress , who , on inquiry , proved to have lost nearly all which they had known . Those sent to school are , generally , the children of the lower classes ; and , as soon as they are old enough ...
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Page 131 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Page 48 - Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 83 - For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 80 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 34 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 91 - I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Page 86 - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
Page 33 - God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general Resurrection in the last, day, and the life of the world to come...
Page 94 - Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire : your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Page 70 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.