Missionary Leaves and the Native Church Helper: Edited by the Rev. R.C. Billing, Volume 1William Hunt, 1868 - Missions |
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Page 75 - But none of these th1ngs move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 76 - What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart ? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 145 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Page 24 - This is the day which the Lord hath made; We will be glad and rejoice in it!
Page 68 - We see the people hastening towards us as nine o'clock approaches, for the one hour for school is too precious to be wasted by being five minutes too late. The school consists of men and women, who are most anxiously and diligently reading, and learning to read ; men on one side of the church, and women on the other. We have to use our more advanced...
Page 69 - Bible story, and let them tell us again, to see that they remember it, and take it in. Then we teach them a text, or a verse of hymn, and the last quarter of an hour is always given in all classes to teaching by repetition some catechism, and sometimes for a change we have the whole school together to go over the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, to make sure they are not forgotten.
Page 10 - ... which is able to make them wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 118 - Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that putteth thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mightest look on their nakedness.
Page 20 - GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God ; He whose word can ne'er be broken Chose thee for his own abode. 2 Lord, thy church is still thy dwelling, Still is precious in thy sight, Judah's temple far excelling, Beaming with the gospel's light. 3 On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake her sure repose ? With salvation's wall surrounded, She can smile at all her foes.
Page 36 - Whether we are called to do thy will or to bear it, may we feel that our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.