Memoirs of Mr. John Chamberlain, Late Missionary in India |
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... was able to collect from peri- odical works , it will be perceived that he has been indebted to friends for the communication of several important facts and documents . To such he desires to return his sincere thanks , and vi PREFACE .
... was able to collect from peri- odical works , it will be perceived that he has been indebted to friends for the communication of several important facts and documents . To such he desires to return his sincere thanks , and vi PREFACE .
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... desire to return to him . How did I then run with the multitude to do evil ! With what eagerness did I then pursue vanity , though it always disappointed my expectation ! found that on earth there was no solid good to be obtained , and ...
... desire to return to him . How did I then run with the multitude to do evil ! With what eagerness did I then pursue vanity , though it always disappointed my expectation ! found that on earth there was no solid good to be obtained , and ...
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... desire . Sometimes I thought I could die in the cause , and triumph in the tortures of a fire . My hopes were directed to India , though I saw no way how they could be fulfilled . In- volved in labyrinths , I walked in darkness . " In ...
... desire . Sometimes I thought I could die in the cause , and triumph in the tortures of a fire . My hopes were directed to India , though I saw no way how they could be fulfilled . In- volved in labyrinths , I walked in darkness . " In ...
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... desire was now fulfilled , and his only remaining anxiety was , lest he should be found unfit for the work to which he was called : he therefore set himself seri- ously to consider , what were the best means of preparing for his new ...
... desire was now fulfilled , and his only remaining anxiety was , lest he should be found unfit for the work to which he was called : he therefore set himself seri- ously to consider , what were the best means of preparing for his new ...
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... desire was , that the power of true vital godliness might be felt in a greater degree than it is , and that poor souls might be constrained to turn from their evil ways . I feel a desire to be at work in the Lord's vineyard . O Lord ...
... desire was , that the power of true vital godliness might be felt in a greater degree than it is , and that poor souls might be constrained to turn from their evil ways . I feel a desire to be at work in the Lord's vineyard . O Lord ...
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Popular passages
Page 259 - For if they fall the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 409 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 164 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 445 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to GOD each moment as it flies.
Page 461 - Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in. the prophets : Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 355 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 164 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 256 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 355 - God ; or whether we be sober, it is for your cause, for the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Page 462 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.