The Martyr of Erromanga: Or, The Philosophy of Missions, Illustrated from the Labours, Death, and Character of the Late Rev. John WilliamsJ. Snow, 1842 - 478 sider |
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... Raiatea , where he beheld the effects of the gospel , and listened to the voice of mercy . Providence soon opened a path for the chief to return to his native island : but , notwithstanding his anxiety to revisit it , he refused to go ...
... Raiatea , where he beheld the effects of the gospel , and listened to the voice of mercy . Providence soon opened a path for the chief to return to his native island : but , notwithstanding his anxiety to revisit it , he refused to go ...
Side 20
... and armies . What were the triumphs of Marengo and Austerlitz ? Triumphs based in rapine , blood , and slaughter ! The light and joy of * Williams , p . 12 . Raiatea were not counterbalanced by darkness , tears , groans 20 ON THE SUCCESS.
... and armies . What were the triumphs of Marengo and Austerlitz ? Triumphs based in rapine , blood , and slaughter ! The light and joy of * Williams , p . 12 . Raiatea were not counterbalanced by darkness , tears , groans 20 ON THE SUCCESS.
Side 21
... Raiatea were not counterbalanced by darkness , tears , groans , and death in Rurutu ! The voice of gladness was heard in both isles . The addresses to which we have referred supply a wondrous contrast to the savage ha- rangues of ...
... Raiatea were not counterbalanced by darkness , tears , groans , and death in Rurutu ! The voice of gladness was heard in both isles . The addresses to which we have referred supply a wondrous contrast to the savage ha- rangues of ...
Side 28
... Raiatea . His arrival was an event that will long be remembered . Nothing in the history of naval glory presents to our eye a picture pos- sessing one thousandth part of the beauty of the following passage of Williams : " With grateful ...
... Raiatea . His arrival was an event that will long be remembered . Nothing in the history of naval glory presents to our eye a picture pos- sessing one thousandth part of the beauty of the following passage of Williams : " With grateful ...
Side 30
... Raiatea , and during that glorious night . How transcendent were they as com- pared with those of the greatest admirals on returning from the scene of ocean carnage ! Who , among you , would not ten thousand times rather have been John ...
... Raiatea , and during that glorious night . How transcendent were they as com- pared with those of the greatest admirals on returning from the scene of ocean carnage ! Who , among you , would not ten thousand times rather have been John ...
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Side 164 - BEHOLD, YE DESPISERS, AND WONDER, AND PERISH ; FOR I WORK A WORK' IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YE SHALL IN NO WISE BELIEVE, THOUGH A MAN DECLARE IT UNTO YOU.
Side 129 - Thy pomp is .brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Side 149 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee ; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Side 287 - And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Side 294 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings...
Side 295 - Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more : in labours more abundant ; in stripes above measure ; in prisons more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one ; thrice was I beaten with rods ; once was I stoned...
Side 289 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Side 134 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Side 281 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Side 145 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.