History of the African Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States: With Memoirs of Deceased Missionaries, and Notices of Native Customs |
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... promises and good providence of God , are as requisite in the one , as in the other . Never did I so fully realize the force of this truth as since my foot has pressed a heathen soil , It cannot be too familiar to the minds of ...
... promises and good providence of God , are as requisite in the one , as in the other . Never did I so fully realize the force of this truth as since my foot has pressed a heathen soil , It cannot be too familiar to the minds of ...
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... promises of God hope of his acceptance through Christ . son's valuable services were secured for the she proved a very efficient teacher in the fe ment of the school . In describing one of the journeys made , into the interior , Mr ...
... promises of God hope of his acceptance through Christ . son's valuable services were secured for the she proved a very efficient teacher in the fe ment of the school . In describing one of the journeys made , into the interior , Mr ...
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... promise to your heart , for the Redeemer's sake ? Shalt know hereafter I - Tender , faithful friend ! The chosen partner of that heaven - taught breast , Will this console thee , as thy footsteps tend , At mournful evening , to her ...
... promise to your heart , for the Redeemer's sake ? Shalt know hereafter I - Tender , faithful friend ! The chosen partner of that heaven - taught breast , Will this console thee , as thy footsteps tend , At mournful evening , to her ...
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... promise shone brightly , and their hearts were cheer- ed by many tokens of God's blessing . The condition of the Mission was , upon the whole , encouraging . A se- cond house had been erected on Mt. Vaughan , and another school house ...
... promise shone brightly , and their hearts were cheer- ed by many tokens of God's blessing . The condition of the Mission was , upon the whole , encouraging . A se- cond house had been erected on Mt. Vaughan , and another school house ...
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... promise . Her desires to do good wer and her views of the way and manner , in tian subjection to the experience of others , th but anticipate much good to the Mission from She has left upon the minds of all , a con she was a woman of no ...
... promise . Her desires to do good wer and her views of the way and manner , in tian subjection to the experience of others , th but anticipate much good to the Mission from She has left upon the minds of all , a con she was a woman of no ...
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Africa AFRICAN MISSION American arrived asked attend benighted blessing boys Brother called canoe Cape Coast Cape Palmas cause Cavalla Cavalla River CHAPTER character Christ Christian Church Missionary Society coast colonists commenced dear death desire devil Divine grace duty Elmira expressed faith father feel Fishtown friends Gold Coast Gospel grace Grahway Grebo greegree hands heart heathen heaven Hening hope interest Jesus king labors land leave letter live look Lord lumbago ment messenger miles mind Minor missionary Monrovia morning natives never night occasion palaver palm oil passed Payne Payne's Perkins pray prayer preached present received remarked replied river Sabbath Savage Saviour seemed sent shore sickness Sierra Leone soon soul spirit station suffer Sunday Taboo teacher thing thou thought tion town trials tribe Vaughan West Africa
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Page 62 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 111 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stall ; yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 50 - Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Page 273 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 29 - Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of th'e Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and the latter rain. Be ye also patient ; stablish your hearts ; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 283 - For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Page 85 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Page 115 - THE Spirit, in our hearts, Is whispering;, sinner, Come : The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims To all his children, Come. 2 Let him that heareth say To all about him, Come : Let him that thirsts for righteousness To Christ, the fountain, come.
Page 106 - ... those to make, who have themselves experienced the efficacy of a Saviour's blood? I have reflected, that should I go out, cheered by the smiles of friends, and encouraged by the approbation of the churches, yet soon, amidst a people of strange speech, I shall see these smiles only in remembrance, and hear the voice of encouragement only in dying whispers across the ocean. Yet, when I have considered the command of Christ, 'Go ye and teach all nations...
Page 199 - Home, home!" once more th' exulting Voice arose : " Thou art gone home ! from that divine repose Never to roam ! Never to say farewell, to weep in vain, To read of change, in eyes beloved, again— Thou art gone home...