Pitcairn: the Island, the People and the Pastor: To which is Added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island. Pub. Under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian KnowledgeSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1858 - 414 sider |
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Side 333 - Seek ye the Lord while He may be found ; call upon Him while He is near.
Side 331 - Brethren, if one of you err from the truth, and one convert him," (not to this or that opinion, but to God,) " let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins,
Side 311 - He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Side 342 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up. and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Side 24 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white - then melts for ever; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride: That hour, o...
Side 327 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh...
Side 41 - And a many fine things that proved clearly to me That Providence takes us in tow: " For," says he, " do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Side 324 - heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked -" and yet, strangely enough, believing this, they place implicit trust in those they appoint to this or that function.
Side 52 - It appeared scarcely credible to ourselves that, in an open boat, and so poorly provided, we should have been able to reach the coast of Timor in forty-one days after leaving Tofoa, having in that time run, by our log, a distance of 3,618 miles and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished in the voyage.