A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South AfricaBackhouse visited Warmbad ("Nisbett Bath") and Afrikaner's Kraal. |
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accompanied Afrikaner afternoon assembled attended basaltic Basutu Bechuana Boors brought bushes Bushmen bushy Caffers Caffraria called Cape Colony Cape Town cattle chapel Chief chiefly Christian church Colony coloured congregation considerable distance divine drink Dutch English feet Fingoes First-day flowers Fontein forenoon friends Gospel Grahams Town grass Griqua Griqua Town ground hartebeest hills Holy Spirit horses Hottentots huts inhabitants James Read Jesus Christ journey Karroo karross Kat River kloof kraal Kuruman labour land leave lion living London Missionary Society Lord Mahébourg Mauritius meeting miles Missionary Station morning mountains Namaqualand native neighbourhood neighbouring night obtained Orange River outspanned oxen passed persons Philippolis pious plants Port Louis prisoners rain received religious residing returned road rocks sandstone sandy Scriptures side slaves South Africa species tion took tracts travelled trees tribes unto village visited wagon Wesleyan wife worship young
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Page xlvi - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 649 - Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father : for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 649 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page xviii - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 649 - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace;
Page 649 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 649 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page xxxii - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 649 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page xxi - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...