The Christian Observer, Volume 16Hatchard and Company, 1818 |
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PREFACE . THE sixteenth year of our labours is now brought to a close . At its commencement , our political horizon was overhung with clouds and darkness , and the hearts of the wise and good were filled with fearful presages of an ...
PREFACE . THE sixteenth year of our labours is now brought to a close . At its commencement , our political horizon was overhung with clouds and darkness , and the hearts of the wise and good were filled with fearful presages of an ...
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... labour , who would aspire to the arduous office of a missionary . " After as- signing his reasons for desiring to have young clergymen of the Church of England , he adds : “ But ge- nuine piety is the grand requisite in a missionary ...
... labour , who would aspire to the arduous office of a missionary . " After as- signing his reasons for desiring to have young clergymen of the Church of England , he adds : “ But ge- nuine piety is the grand requisite in a missionary ...
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... labour , While he re- tained the superintendance of the Orphan Establishment , he was zea- lous and indefatigable in the dis- charge of its duties . Besides being chaplain to a 1817 . Some Account of the Rev. David Brown .
... labour , While he re- tained the superintendance of the Orphan Establishment , he was zea- lous and indefatigable in the dis- charge of its duties . Besides being chaplain to a 1817 . Some Account of the Rev. David Brown .
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... labour wheresoever the Lord shall open a door . My chief delight is , to meditate on and preach the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and I would this were my only employ- ment , but that the wish is selfish and shews me to be too fond of ...
... labour wheresoever the Lord shall open a door . My chief delight is , to meditate on and preach the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and I would this were my only employ- ment , but that the wish is selfish and shews me to be too fond of ...
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... labour to stop its progress ; indeed , they could not if they would ; for it is in a manner placed above our reach . " But although we cannot do all that we could desire , and prevent the minds of our people from being disturbed by the ...
... labour to stop its progress ; indeed , they could not if they would ; for it is in a manner placed above our reach . " But although we cannot do all that we could desire , and prevent the minds of our people from being disturbed by the ...
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Page 348 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 8 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 350 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
Page 144 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Page 345 - This is that which the Lord hath said: 'Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.' Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 253 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 143 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 138 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 503 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 250 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.