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... MISSIONARY 106 VII . THE TRACT IN CHINA 123 VIII . THE BIBLE IN CHINA - 145 IX . THE SOURCE OF POWER 164 X. THE GOSPEL IN HUPEH 187 XI . THE GOSPEL IN HUNAN 217 XII . FEAR NOT 251 I THEN AND NOW " This work was wrought of.
... MISSIONARY 106 VII . THE TRACT IN CHINA 123 VIII . THE BIBLE IN CHINA - 145 IX . THE SOURCE OF POWER 164 X. THE GOSPEL IN HUPEH 187 XI . THE GOSPEL IN HUNAN 217 XII . FEAR NOT 251 I THEN AND NOW " This work was wrought of.
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... tract in the language which the Protestant Church could claim as her own production . The Roman Catholic Church in China had not been altogether inactive in the work of translating the Scriptures into the Chinese language . There can be ...
... tract in the language which the Protestant Church could claim as her own production . The Roman Catholic Church in China had not been altogether inactive in the work of translating the Scriptures into the Chinese language . There can be ...
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... Tract Societies have been sending forth Scrip- tures and tracts at the rate of millions of copies per annum for many years . For instance , the Central China Religious Tract Society issued more than 2,500,000 publications in 1904 , and ...
... Tract Societies have been sending forth Scrip- tures and tracts at the rate of millions of copies per annum for many years . For instance , the Central China Religious Tract Society issued more than 2,500,000 publications in 1904 , and ...
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... tracts could not be silenced . They are in all the provinces , they are to be found everywhere , and they cannot be silenced . " That , to my mind , is a momentous fact . But China does not stand alone in this respect . At the beginning ...
... tracts could not be silenced . They are in all the provinces , they are to be found everywhere , and they cannot be silenced . " That , to my mind , is a momentous fact . But China does not stand alone in this respect . At the beginning ...
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... tract . We commence the second century with excellent translations of the Scriptures and with an extensive Christian literature . We commenced the first century with a closed country and with a people whose minds were absolutely closed ...
... tract . We commence the second century with excellent translations of the Scriptures and with an extensive Christian literature . We commenced the first century with a closed country and with a people whose minds were absolutely closed ...
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Page 105 - Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Page 251 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 107 - And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Page 176 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.
Page 38 - All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you : and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Page 89 - All things have been delivered unto me of my Father : and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father ; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.
Page 181 - For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Page 110 - I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee. Delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 119 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 84 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's god, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.