The Missionary Herald, Volumen65

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Board, 1869
Volumes for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
 

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Página 332 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Página 384 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be otfered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 361 - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Página 333 - Yes, my native land, I love thee, All thy scenes, I love them well ; Friends, connections, happy country ! Can I bid you all farewell...
Página 171 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will hear, and thou shalt glorify me...
Página 369 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Página 102 - I took from the two last authorities, was decidedly incorrect ; viz., that the Tahitians had become a gloomy race, and lived in fear of the missionaries. Of the latter feeling I saw no trace, unless, indeed, fear and respect be confounded under one name. Instead of discontent being a common feeling, it would be difficult in Eurcpe to pick oul of a crowd half ao many merry and happy faces.
Página 102 - ... bloody wars, where the conquerors spared neither women nor children — that all these have been abolished ; and that dishonesty, intemperance, and licentiousness have been greatly reduced by the introduction of Christianity. In a voyager to forget these things is base ingratitude ; for should he chance to be at the point of shipwreck on some unknown coast, he will most devoutly pray that the lesson of the missionary may have extended thus far.
Página 33 - I long to be perfectly free from sin. God has called me away before we have entered on the work of the mission ; but the case of David affords me comfort; I have had it in my heart to do what I can for the heathen, and I hope God will accept me.
Página 102 - Inasmuch as the condition of the people falls short of this high standard, blame is attached to the missionary, instead of credit for that which he has effected. They forget, or will not remember, that human sacrifices and the power of an idolatrous priesthood ; a system of profligacy unparalleled in any other part of the world; infanticide, a result of that system; bloody wars, where the conqueror spared neither women nor children — -that all of these have been abolished, and that dishonesty,...

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