An Appeal to Members of the Church of England, in Behalf of British India..J. G. & F. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Parker, Oxford; Andrews, Durham., 1840 - 24 páginas |
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amongst answer art thou asked assistance beseeching blessings of Christianity Britain British British-born subjects brother catechists cause Christ Christianize India Church Missionary Society church of England civil clergy clergyman committed course of God's daily DURHAM duty abroad endeavours English established church exertions faith fellow-subjects fifty millions fifty thousand pounds funds gift give given God only knows Gospel grievously hands heathen subjects Heaven Hindoos hundred millions idolatry ignorance increase Indian luxuries individual interest in missions kingdom laboured in India laity liberal soul living look loveth luxury in order Madras means ment millions of human missionaries already missionaries labouring myriads natives neglect niggardly number of men ordained European ourselves painful parent population poral possessions pray prayers preach present Propagation receive refuse regard religion remember sake scarcely scene of labour sparingly sufficient superstitions supply ten-fold tion toil view of India want of self-denial wants at home wealth
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Página 8 - I could hear, was no longer a maddening discord, but a melting one; like inarticulate cries, and sobbings of a dumb creature, which in the ear of Heaven are prayers. The poor Earth, with her poor joys, was now my needy Mother, not my cruel Stepdame; Man, with his so mad Wants and so mean Endeavours, had become the dearer to me; and even for his sufferings and his sins, I now first named him Brother. Thus was I standing in the porch of that Sanctuary of Sorrow; by strange, steep ways had I too been...
Página 7 - With other eyes, too, could I now look upon my fellow man: with an infinite Love, an infinite Pity. Poor, wandering, wayward man! Art thou not tried, and beaten with stripes, even as I am? Ever, whether thou bear the royal mantle or the beggar's gabardine, art thou not so weary, so heavy-laden; and thy Bed of Rest is but a Grave. O my Brother, my Brother, why cannot I shelter thee in my bosom, and wipe away all tears from thy eyes!
Página 7 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Página 15 - No part of my prayers are so deeply serious as that for the conversion of the infidel and ungodly world, that God's name may be sanctified, and his kingdom come, and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Página 13 - That is the utterance of the Renaissance, as it had appeared in Italy. She who was first among the nations was now last; bound and bleeding, she lay prostrate at the templegate she had unlocked. To Michael Angelo was given for his portion — not the alluring mysteries of the new age, not the joy of...
Página 13 - Mauritius, at the request of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and of the Church Missionary Society...
Página 11 - ... to be heard at the Bar of the House, or before a Committee. Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. (200 copies.) Printed by Lovell and Gibson. 1846. Folio 2 pp. (Contains autograph letter from Gourlay to the Governor General, May 29, 1846). 2047. Marylebone Meeting. Speeches delivered at a meeting in behalf of the SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL, on Thursday June 25, 1846. London: Printed by Richard Clay, Bread Street Hill.
Página 11 - There is hardly a mistake made injurious to the interests of Christian charity, one which has more effectually impeded the progress of the gospel, and prevented that gospel from having free course and...