Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi MissionD. M. Ide, 1852 - 320 páginas |
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Africa Amistad anchor answered asked Barmah begged Bendoo blessed Boompeh boys Braw Braw's Brooks brought Bunyan bush called canoe cassada Chah-bah chapel chiefs church confessed country cloth fear feel feet felt fever fight Freetown friends gave girl give glad gospel hear heard heart heathen Kalifah Karmokoo Kaw-too-boo kill king Kissicummah laborers Last night leave live Lord Lord's supper Mahommedans Mandingo Mendi messenger Mission Missionary Mo-mo Mongray morning o'clock palaver palm oil plenty prayed prayer preached Purslow Raymond rejoiced returned rice river Sabbath Sabbath School schooner sent shake hands Sherbro Island sick side Sierra Leone slave soul talked Tecongo teetotal thanked thee thing Thomas Caulker Tissana to-day told took town trade unwell wait walked wife wished word York Island
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Página 218 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me : he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Página 310 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Página 27 - When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Página 83 - That country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confessed ; But what must it be to be there...
Página 14 - In the deserts let me labor, On the mountains let me tell, How he died — the blessed Saviour — To redeem a world from hell ! Let me hasten, Far in heathen lands to dwell. 6 Bear me on, thou restless ocean ! Let the winds my canvass swell : Heaves my heart with warm emotion, While I go far hence to dwell : Glad I bid thee, Native land ! — Farewell ! — Farewell ! LM Missionaries remembered.
Página 14 - They mount up to the heaven, They go down again to the depths; They reel to and fro, And stagger like a drunken man; And are at their wits
Página 211 - And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will- cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Página 274 - I have known several, who, settling in Africa after the age of thirty or forty, have, at that time of life, been gradually assimilated to the tempers, customs, and ceremonies, of the natives, so far as to prefer that country to England : they have even become dupes to all the pretended charms, necromancies, amulets, and divinations of the blinded negroes, and put more trust in such things than the wiser sort among the natives.
Página 218 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you . . . thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Página 23 - О that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!