The Heathen Nations: Or, Duty of the Present Generation to Evangelize the World

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J. M. Fitch, 1849 - Missions - 202 pages
 

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Page 80 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 150 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 88 - What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest ? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ; and ye little hills, like lambs ? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Page 201 - How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Page 152 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 87 - And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page 202 - ... and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Page 193 - Arise and cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches pour out your hearts like water before the face of the Lord ; lift up your hands toward Him for the life of six hundred millions, fainting and dying the everlasting death.
Page 65 - We speak as unto wise men ; judge ye what we say. The Apostles did not differ in doctrine from each other, neither can those who are to be received undoubtingly as the representatives of the Apostles. You do not doubt that we and the Catholic Bishops are " successors of the Apostles;" and that all "have the same reason for reverencing us as the primitive...
Page 186 - ... of the gospel. But in these latter days all churches are tainted with the infection by corrupt 'members; the errors which we have to contend with are taught by authority as the necessary conditions of Christian communion : this point enlarged on. It is now then more needful than ever to exhort men to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

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