Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East..., Volume 8Church Missionary House, 1837 - Missions |
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... hope the others will soon follow their example . 66 Of the state of the Sunday School he adds- Encouragement has sometimes been afforded by the attention paid to the questions put , and the remarks made , on a portion of Scripture ...
... hope the others will soon follow their example . 66 Of the state of the Sunday School he adds- Encouragement has sometimes been afforded by the attention paid to the questions put , and the remarks made , on a portion of Scripture ...
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... hope of ever being able to read the Word of God : it was interest- ing to hear them bringing their excuses forward . One assured me that he had tried very hard , for three years , to learn the Alphabet , but had not succeeded . A woman ...
... hope of ever being able to read the Word of God : it was interest- ing to hear them bringing their excuses forward . One assured me that he had tried very hard , for three years , to learn the Alphabet , but had not succeeded . A woman ...
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... hope that what I said had some effect ; for one of the persons who was there at the time came and joined the Sunday School on the Sunday following . for the Quarter ending June 25 , 1836 . Day Scholars ...... 42 Av . Attendance .. 30 ...
... hope that what I said had some effect ; for one of the persons who was there at the time came and joined the Sunday School on the Sunday following . for the Quarter ending June 25 , 1836 . Day Scholars ...... 42 Av . Attendance .. 30 ...
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... hope of their becoming , by the grace of God , our assistants in the Missionary Work . We are not without our troubles concerning them ; and there are disadvantages arising from the cir- cumstance that I was not able to give them a ...
... hope of their becoming , by the grace of God , our assistants in the Missionary Work . We are not without our troubles concerning them ; and there are disadvantages arising from the cir- cumstance that I was not able to give them a ...
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... hope a good one . It is my constant prayer to God that He may pour such a measure of His Spirit upon it , that we , forming one family of believers , may become one light in Him to enlighten the benighted neighbourhood . From this we ...
... hope a good one . It is my constant prayer to God that He may pour such a measure of His Spirit upon it , that we , forming one family of believers , may become one light in Him to enlighten the benighted neighbourhood . From this we ...
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Page 193 - Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole : sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Page 136 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 14 - God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should JESUS TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES IN PKIVATE. spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Page 24 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Page 113 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.
Page 14 - And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 32 - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Page 24 - O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities?
Page 219 - The fairest productions of human wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, still more and more beautiful; their bloom appears to be daily heightened ; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who hath once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them yet again ; and he who tastes them oftenest, will relish them best.
Page 108 - After recovering from my surprise, I said : " ' My poor boy, I am very sorry to see you in this state ; had you let me know, you should not have been lying here.