Christian Missions: Their Agents, Their Method, and Their ResultsBurns and Lambert, 1862 - 1624 páginas |
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Página 163 - Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Página 163 - Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Página 114 - But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
Página 303 - Were we to be driven out of India this day, nothing would remain to tell that it had been possessed, during the inglorious period of our dominion, by any thing better than the ourang-outang or the tiger.
Página 176 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Página 439 - Abdullah and Sabat seem to have been as evidently produced by the Spirit of God, as any conversion in the primitive Church. Other instances have occurred in Arabia of a similar kind, and on the very borders of Palestine itself. These are like the solitary notices which, in other nations, have announced the approach of general illumination. John Huss, and...
Página 387 - Parsees suffer not the sacred fires to be ex' tinguished, nor neglect to worship in tiieir temple. You call ' yourselves Christians ; so do the Roman Catholics, who abound ' in India. They daily frequent their churches, fast and pray, ' and do many penances ; the English alone appear unconcerned * about an event of the greatest importance.
Página 153 - In consequence of this occurrence, a fresh persecution was commenced against the Christians. They wanted to oblige them to trample upon the cross, and to abjure their errors ; those who refused, were threatened with death. At Peking many thousand persons were discovered who had embraced the Christian religion, even among the members of the imperial family and mandarins.
Página 321 - Imitating the example of St. Paul, who became all things to all men...
Página 5 - ... have been changed for continual praying, and meditating upon things which the teachers understand as little as the taught." * Similar opinions given by other maritime adventurers have been re-echoed by the public journals ; and an impression has been very generally produced, that the European teachers have to answer for more evil than will ever be compensated by their most zealous services. Alluding to Otaheite, one of them observes, that " this fine romantic island appears, morally speaking,...