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 and Son, 187, Piccadilly., 1834 - Missions |
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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 101 - I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Page 68 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 117 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Page 198 - 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 101 - And they beckoned unto their partners which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships; so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus...
Page 149 - 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.
Page 199 - For if thou confess with thy mouth that Jesus is the Lord, and believe in thy heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Page 181 - ... 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 209 - 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.