A Survey of Foreign MissionsWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1897 - 272 páginas |
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... heart is the most dangerous of all diseases . But the argument is contemptible , and deserves no consideration . There needs be no arbitrary division between Home and Foreign Mis- sions , though it may be desirable to have them under ...
... heart is the most dangerous of all diseases . But the argument is contemptible , and deserves no consideration . There needs be no arbitrary division between Home and Foreign Mis- sions , though it may be desirable to have them under ...
Página xv
... hearts . Otherwise Christian work will be done only in a mechanical kind of way , and in religion neither mental nor material mechanics are of much use . We must use logic in our theological systems , and in so far in preaching the ...
... hearts . Otherwise Christian work will be done only in a mechanical kind of way , and in religion neither mental nor material mechanics are of much use . We must use logic in our theological systems , and in so far in preaching the ...
Página xvi
... cannot see its advance . . . . The true gauge of missionary suc- cess is to be found neither in reports nor in statistics , but in the hearts of thousands of men and women . The mighty silent forces are God's own ; enough for XV PREFACE .
... cannot see its advance . . . . The true gauge of missionary suc- cess is to be found neither in reports nor in statistics , but in the hearts of thousands of men and women . The mighty silent forces are God's own ; enough for XV PREFACE .
Página xix
... heart of Robert Moffat when , being asked , after his fifty years ' mission work in South Africa , to write in an album , he complied with the request : - " My album is the savage breast , Where tempests brood and darkness rest Without ...
... heart of Robert Moffat when , being asked , after his fifty years ' mission work in South Africa , to write in an album , he complied with the request : - " My album is the savage breast , Where tempests brood and darkness rest Without ...
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... heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved . " 2. ARMENIA . From them we naturally turn to Armenia and the countries adjacent . In these mission work is carried on by various societies , but chiefly by the ...
... heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved . " 2. ARMENIA . From them we naturally turn to Armenia and the countries adjacent . In these mission work is carried on by various societies , but chiefly by the ...
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Página 152 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
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Página 249 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing...
Página 68 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Página 92 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
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Página 122 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Página 210 - And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue : The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste.
Página 215 - People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 4...
Página 83 - Firmly relying ourselves on the truth of Christianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike the right and the desire to impose our convictions on any of our subjects.