Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is Prefixed a Sketch of the History of Christianity in India, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1835 - Missionaries |
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Page 98 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain : yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Page 64 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 251 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Page 103 - So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Page 376 - Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart...
Page 104 - Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering, said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.
Page 283 - this in itself would not be sinful ; but it is a dangerous matter to engage in such things with a people so prone to deceit ; and this I distinctly avowed to them. The king said, ' Padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to money.' But his officers did not wish me to be engaged in this affair, lest their own iniquity might be discovered. And thus it passed off; for which God be praised, as I had no occasion to declare fully my averseness to the employment.
Page 385 - To permit the venerable Father Swartz to pass unmolested, and show him respect and kindness, for he is a holy man, and means no harm to my government.
Page 350 - ... could have induced me, a priest, who has nothing to do with political concerns, to come to you, and that on an errand, which does not properly belong to my sacerdotal functions. But, as I was plainly told, that the sole object of my journey was the preservation and confirmation of peace ; and having witnessed, more than once, the misery and horrors attending on war ; I thought within my own mind, how happy I should deem myself, if I could be of service in cementing a durable friendship between...
Page 399 - The possession of these two countries would have kept Tippoo in awe, and inclined him to reasonable terms. But you quit the reins, and how will you manage the beast ? " The Colonel replied, I cannot help it.