British India in Its Relation to the Decline of Hindooism, and the Progress of Christianity: Containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People ...J. Snow, 1839 - 596 pages |
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... Missionary to Endía . Representation of a Suttee Ellustrated with Engravings on Wood , BY G. BAXTER . LONDON : JOHN SNOW , 35 , PATERNOSTER ROW . 1839 . TO THE Directors of the London Missionary Society ; ΤΟ.
... Missionary to Endía . Representation of a Suttee Ellustrated with Engravings on Wood , BY G. BAXTER . LONDON : JOHN SNOW , 35 , PATERNOSTER ROW . 1839 . TO THE Directors of the London Missionary Society ; ΤΟ.
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Containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People ... William Campbell. 1 1 TO THE Diretors of the London Missionary Society ; то.
Containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People ... William Campbell. 1 1 TO THE Diretors of the London Missionary Society ; то.
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... missionary vineyard . In addition to this , it is , to the Author , a matter of deep and daily regret that , after fifty years of occupation by British power , India should be so unknown to the public at home , and that her tran ...
... missionary vineyard . In addition to this , it is , to the Author , a matter of deep and daily regret that , after fifty years of occupation by British power , India should be so unknown to the public at home , and that her tran ...
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... Missionary So- ciety , and to the friends of missions in general , no apology need be offered for the imperfections of the work ; their agents have little time to polish their composition and embellish their thoughts ; and those who ...
... Missionary So- ciety , and to the friends of missions in general , no apology need be offered for the imperfections of the work ; their agents have little time to polish their composition and embellish their thoughts ; and those who ...
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Containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People ... William Campbell. 1 1 TO THE Diretors of the London Missionary Society ; то.
Containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People ... William Campbell. 1 1 TO THE Diretors of the London Missionary Society ; то.
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Page 439 - Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up ? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 85 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live, are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 227 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 497 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 23 - Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 23 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Page 429 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 343 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 75 - As soon as they arrive at this place, the condemned prisoners are asked in what religion they choose to die; and the moment they have replied to this question, the executioner seizes them and binds them to a stake in the midst of the faggots. The day after the execution the portraits of the dead are carried to the church of the Dominicans.
Page 371 - How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.