The Missionary Enterprise: A Collection of Discourses on Christian MissionsBaron Stow |
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... bear right well upon the purposes of to - day ; a principle which enables a poor feeble tenant of the dust to take strong hold upon the perfections of Jehovah ; and , fas- tening his hopes to the very throne of the Eternal , " bid earth ...
... bear right well upon the purposes of to - day ; a principle which enables a poor feeble tenant of the dust to take strong hold upon the perfections of Jehovah ; and , fas- tening his hopes to the very throne of the Eternal , " bid earth ...
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... bear the contempt of those who would point at us the finger of scorn . It is written , In the last days there shall be scoffers . We regret that it should be so . We regret that men should oppose an enterprise , of which the chief ...
... bear the contempt of those who would point at us the finger of scorn . It is written , In the last days there shall be scoffers . We regret that it should be so . We regret that men should oppose an enterprise , of which the chief ...
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... bear on the subject . For his obedience " unto death " he received the inheritance , including " the heathen " and " the uttermost parts of the earth , " with authority to manage the whole estate . This authority he employed in sending ...
... bear on the subject . For his obedience " unto death " he received the inheritance , including " the heathen " and " the uttermost parts of the earth , " with authority to manage the whole estate . This authority he employed in sending ...
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... bear the tidings of a precious Saviour to distant nations ; to see delicate young females , who have been dan- dled in the lap of parental tenderness , with a heroism which nothing but Christian principles could support , tearing them ...
... bear the tidings of a precious Saviour to distant nations ; to see delicate young females , who have been dan- dled in the lap of parental tenderness , with a heroism which nothing but Christian principles could support , tearing them ...
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... bear as widely as possible upon the human race . It will be necessary to dwell a short time on the leading aspects of this enterprise . And , 1. The vocation of the missionary who is sent to the heathen , is not the same with that of ...
... bear as widely as possible upon the human race . It will be necessary to dwell a short time on the leading aspects of this enterprise . And , 1. The vocation of the missionary who is sent to the heathen , is not the same with that of ...
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Page 187 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 121 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 283 - And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : all they gather themselves together, they come to thee : thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Page 141 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 286 - And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 33 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 112 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 131 - And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 247 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 207 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.