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Aku language blessed boat Burmah Burmese Calvert chapel Chief child Christ Christian CHRISTIANS IN INDIA clothes death Ellen England English father Feejee Feejeeans feel feet fire George Sergeant give Gospel happy hear heard heart Heathen heaven Hindoo hope HOXTON-SQUARE HUDSON'S-BAY TERRITORY idols India Isabella JAFFNA JAMES NICHOLS Jesuits Jesus kill King labour land Leigh letter little boy little girl live look Lord miles Mission Mission-house Missionary Meeting MISSIONARY TOUR morning mother Nancy natives Negapatam New-Zealand night o'er pagoda poor pray prayer preach PRINTED BY JAMES Saamy Saviour school-room shore Somo soon soul SOUTH AFRICA spirit STORY Sunday-school Syrian Christians taught teach Teacher tell Thakombau thank thee thing thou thought TINDALL told Tranquebar TRICHINOPOLY Trincomalee vessel WESLEYAN JUVENILE OFFERING worship York Factory young friends Zealand
Popular passages
Page 118 - Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid : for the Lord, JEHOVAH is my strength and my song ; he also has become my salvation. Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Page 40 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 129 - I* THINK, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children, as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 95 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 120 - As I live,' saith the Lord, 'every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Page 135 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 90 - BORNE upon the ocean's foam, Far from native land and home, Midnight's curtain, dense with wrath, Brooding o'er our venturous path, While the mountain wave is rolling, And the ship's bell faintly tolling : Saviour ! on the boisterous sea, Bid us rest secure in Thee. Blast and surge, conflicting hoarse, Sweep us on with headlong force ; And the bark, which tempests surge, Moans and trembles at their scourge : Yet, should wildest tempests swell. Be thou near, and all is well. Saviour ! on the stormy...
Page 115 - The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 41 - God's word to be a lamp unto his feet, and a light unto his
Page 50 - Imagine, amid this wilderness, a number of small squares, each enclosing half a dozen wooden houses, and about a dozen men ; and between...