Memoirs of Captain James Wilson: Containing an Account of His Enterprises and Sufferings in India, His Conversion to Christianity, His Missionary Voyage to the South Seas, and His Peaceful and Triumphant Death |
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... draws its conclusions , while the passions are excited , in a degree propor- tioned to the interesting nature of the narrative . If its subjects be moral or religious , the conscience also is employed , and gives a point and personal 1.
... draws its conclusions , while the passions are excited , in a degree propor- tioned to the interesting nature of the narrative . If its subjects be moral or religious , the conscience also is employed , and gives a point and personal 1.
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... religious as well as the fashionable world , has its dramas ; and fact and fiction are so blended in some books , as to render it necessary to guard our young people against supposing that all is fiction . It is neither my province nor ...
... religious as well as the fashionable world , has its dramas ; and fact and fiction are so blended in some books , as to render it necessary to guard our young people against supposing that all is fiction . It is neither my province nor ...
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... religion , and thus obtain their liber- ty : to induce them to which , these horrible severi- ties were inflicted on them , and to escape these at any rate , some of the poor creatures consented . But the Captain rejected these offers ...
... religion , and thus obtain their liber- ty : to induce them to which , these horrible severi- ties were inflicted on them , and to escape these at any rate , some of the poor creatures consented . But the Captain rejected these offers ...
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... one of the Baptist missionaries , was returning from Bengal to England . With him he had frequent disputes about religion ; and being as infidel in principle , as careless in conduct , he could not HIS EARLY YOUTH . 29.
... one of the Baptist missionaries , was returning from Bengal to England . With him he had frequent disputes about religion ; and being as infidel in principle , as careless in conduct , he could not HIS EARLY YOUTH . 29.
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... religion ; and provided she did not trouble him with it , he should leave her to herself . About two years he continued to live at Horn- dean , in the same careless unconcern about eternal things ; decent in his conduct , and perfectly ...
... religion ; and provided she did not trouble him with it , he should leave her to herself . About two years he continued to live at Horn- dean , in the same careless unconcern about eternal things ; decent in his conduct , and perfectly ...
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Page 207 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 210 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Page 211 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Page 203 - I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams...
Page 214 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 213 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 200 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring : 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 213 - And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Page 211 - Thy glories blaze all nature round, And strike the gazing sight, Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, With terror and delight.
Page 202 - These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.