The Missionary Magazine, Volume 49American Baptist Missionary Union, 1869 - Baptists |
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... beautiful islands , many fine villages , boats in all directions , large and small . How sweet and calm is nature in all her forms here presented ! Loud and discordant sounds of Burmese music tell of feasting , merry - making , and ...
... beautiful islands , many fine villages , boats in all directions , large and small . How sweet and calm is nature in all her forms here presented ! Loud and discordant sounds of Burmese music tell of feasting , merry - making , and ...
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... beautiful ; the river is more than a mile wide at places , with many islands and sandbanks visible at this season . Some of these islands are charming spots ; they seem to have a vain and self - complacent look , a little proud of their ...
... beautiful ; the river is more than a mile wide at places , with many islands and sandbanks visible at this season . Some of these islands are charming spots ; they seem to have a vain and self - complacent look , a little proud of their ...
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... beautiful . - Scenery on the River . Dec. 10. Left Thayet about seven , A. M. The sky was clear , the air cold , almost piercing , the wind strong from the northwest all day . We feasted our eyes on the beautiful and ever - varying ...
... beautiful . - Scenery on the River . Dec. 10. Left Thayet about seven , A. M. The sky was clear , the air cold , almost piercing , the wind strong from the northwest all day . We feasted our eyes on the beautiful and ever - varying ...
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... beautiful ; everything around seemed still , grand , and vast . Our nights are very quiet . As the channel is not so well known , the Captain does not venture nights at all . Even in the day , it is difficult to keep in the channel all ...
... beautiful ; everything around seemed still , grand , and vast . Our nights are very quiet . As the channel is not so well known , the Captain does not venture nights at all . Even in the day , it is difficult to keep in the channel all ...
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... beautiful Shway gyeen river , which flows at the foot of the hill back of the mission compound . Above us were noble trees ; on the opposite bank villages peeping out of the jungle ; at our feet rolled the lovely river . In this ...
... beautiful Shway gyeen river , which flows at the foot of the hill back of the mission compound . Above us were noble trees ; on the opposite bank villages peeping out of the jungle ; at our feet rolled the lovely river . In this ...
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Page 226 - ARISE, shine ; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee ; and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 226 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Page 147 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 147 - What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors, ; what he dislikes in inferiors, let him not display in the service of his superiors...
Page 147 - ... treatment of his inferiors; what he dislikes in inferiors, let him not display in the service of his superiors ; what he hates in those who are before him, let him not therewith precede those who are behind him; what he hates in those who are behind him, let him not therewith follow those who are before him; what he hates to receive on the right, let him not bestow on the left; what he hates to receive on the left, let him not bestow on the right: this is what is called " The principle with which,...
Page 147 - Is not reciprocity such a word ? What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.
Page 91 - I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Page 259 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest.
Page 91 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 92 - Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased ; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him.