| Hugh Pearson - 1834 - 456 pages
...the cause of God. — May God bless all your study and prayer ! When you can send a line it is very acceptable ; but I desire it not at the expense of...praised, as I had no occasion to declare fully my averseness to the employment." Here again it is impossible not to admire the testimony borne by the... | |
| Peace - 1834 - 600 pages
...man,— great, because he was good. We proceed to verify these general positions by particular facts. avowed to them. The king said, ' Padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to momy." In 1779, Swarlz was employed by Sir Thomas Rumbold, governor of Madras, on a mission to Hyder... | |
| Hugh Pearson - Christians - 1835 - 434 pages
...supply of divine grace and strength, I remain your sincere friend and servant. "Trichinopoly, July 29, 1772." The object of the king's invitation to Swartz...praised, as I had no occasion to declare fully my averseness to the employment." Here again it is impossible not to admire the testimony borne by the... | |
| Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...drooping friendship. "Now," he observes, "this in itself would not be sinful; but it is a dangerous maiter to engage in such things with a people so prone to...distinctly avowed to them. The king said, ' Padre, I !tare confidence in you, because you are indifferent In money.' But his officers did not wish me fo... | |
| James A. Huie - Blacks - 1842 - 364 pages
...is no easy matter." The prince, wishing to obtain his good offices in some political transactions, said, " padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to money." The rajah was soon afterwards deposed by the Madras government, and his territory occupied by the Nabob... | |
| Missionaries - 1863 - 382 pages
...deceit, and this I distinctly stated to them. The poor king sincerely desires peace ; and said to me, ' Padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to money.' But his officers are treacherous creatures, and they did not wish me to be engaged in this business, lest their corrupt... | |
| Methodist Church - 1876 - 614 pages
...of the hostile camps without danger or suspicion. The Rajah of Tanjore when requesting his services said, " Padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to money." Hyder Ali, the Indian Napoleon, the fiercest and ablest foe England ever had in India, refused to receive... | |
| Matthew Atmore Sherring - India - 1875 - 506 pages
...sense not to interfere. The Rajah paid him a high compliment at the interview, by saying to him, " Padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to money."* * Schwartz's Memoirs, vol. ip 263. It was no difficult matter to crush the Rajah ; and The Rajah •... | |
| Christian army - Missionaries - 1900 - 426 pages
...advice. He wisely declined to enter into matters of war and policy, and notwithstanding this the rajah said, " Padre, I. have confidence in you because you are indifferent to money." In 1773, Tanjore was captured. The church in which Schwartz used to preach on his occasional visits... | |
| Matthew Atmore Sherring - India - 1884 - 492 pages
...side, he declined to interfere. The rajah paid him a high compliment at the interview, by saying, " Padre, I have confidence in you, because you are indifferent to money." * The united army marched from Trichinopoly in August 1773, and entered the rajah's territories, halting... | |
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