Memoirs of American Missionaries, Formerly Connected with the Society of Inquiry Respecting Missions, in the Andover Theological Seminary: Embracing a History of the Society, Etc., with an Introductory Essay |
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... sailed from Philadelphia for Calcutta , on the 18th of the same month . Instead of going to the Burman empire , which was the field at first contemplated , his attention was directed to Bombay , where with Mr. Nott , his colleague , he ...
... sailed from Philadelphia for Calcutta , on the 18th of the same month . Instead of going to the Burman empire , which was the field at first contemplated , his attention was directed to Bombay , where with Mr. Nott , his colleague , he ...
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... sailed for England , with instructions from the Prudential Committee , to ascertain whether any assistance could be obtained from the Lon- don Missionary Society , in case the Board should be una- ble to sustain a Mission . The London ...
... sailed for England , with instructions from the Prudential Committee , to ascertain whether any assistance could be obtained from the Lon- don Missionary Society , in case the Board should be una- ble to sustain a Mission . The London ...
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... sailed for Calcutta , where he arrived on the 17th of June . He had now reached missionary ground ; but formida- ble obstacles arose before him , threatening forever to bar his progress . The government ordered him home ; but with some ...
... sailed for Calcutta , where he arrived on the 17th of June . He had now reached missionary ground ; but formida- ble obstacles arose before him , threatening forever to bar his progress . The government ordered him home ; but with some ...
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... sailed to India , he could distinctly remember . At the age of ten , he became a destitute orphan . When about fourteen years of age , he conceived a desire to see some- thing more of the world ; and accordingly having obtain- ed the ...
... sailed to India , he could distinctly remember . At the age of ten , he became a destitute orphan . When about fourteen years of age , he conceived a desire to see some- thing more of the world ; and accordingly having obtain- ed the ...
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... sailed for England , with instructions from the Prudential Committee , to ascertain whether any assistance could be obtained from the Lon- don Missionary Society , in case the Board should be una- ble to sustain a Mission . The London ...
... sailed for England , with instructions from the Prudential Committee , to ascertain whether any assistance could be obtained from the Lon- don Missionary Society , in case the Board should be una- ble to sustain a Mission . The London ...
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Page 129 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer : behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 155 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances.
Page 155 - ... when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference) The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Page 44 - The first idea his father had of his change of mind, arose from an observation he made, " that he could not conceive of any course of life in which to pass the rest of his days, that would prove so pleasant, as to go and communicate the gospel salvation to the poor heathen.
Page 130 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 132 - God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 27 - I have now to ask whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world ; whether you can consent to her departure for a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life ; whether you can consent to her exposure to the dangers of the ocean ; to the fatal influence of the southern climate of India; to every kind of want and distress ; to degradation, insult, persecution, and perhaps a violent death ? Can you consent...
Page 131 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 143 - Fear not little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Page 132 - Here I am, Lord, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage pagans of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort on earth! send me even to death itself, if it be but in thy service, and to promote thy kingdom.