A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of Each Island; with an Account of the Missions Instituted in Those Islands, from the Commencement of Their Civilization, But More Especially of the Missions which Have Been Established in that Archipelago by the Society Late in Connexion with the Rev. John Wesley, 1. köideNuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1808 |
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... labour shall not be in vain in the Lord . " That the light of the gospel may be diffused through the nations of the earth , till all shall know the Lord from the least unto the greatest , holds an exalted sta- tion among my most ardent ...
... labour shall not be in vain in the Lord . " That the light of the gospel may be diffused through the nations of the earth , till all shall know the Lord from the least unto the greatest , holds an exalted sta- tion among my most ardent ...
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... labours of man . It will convince us , by the most indubitable evidence , that our tri- umphal arches must decay ; that our most stately monuments must totter to their base ; and that the most superb mausoleum must mingle with that dust ...
... labours of man . It will convince us , by the most indubitable evidence , that our tri- umphal arches must decay ; that our most stately monuments must totter to their base ; and that the most superb mausoleum must mingle with that dust ...
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... labours of the CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES in the WEST IN- DIES , is the principal object of the following work . From the personal observations which the author has been enabled to make on the progress of Christianity in these islands ...
... labours of the CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES in the WEST IN- DIES , is the principal object of the following work . From the personal observations which the author has been enabled to make on the progress of Christianity in these islands ...
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... labour against our own persuasions ; and with no other object in view , we must baffle the strength of evidence , to become the dupes of our own incredulity . When we consider the subjects on whom God has displayed the wonderful ...
... labour against our own persuasions ; and with no other object in view , we must baffle the strength of evidence , to become the dupes of our own incredulity . When we consider the subjects on whom God has displayed the wonderful ...
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... labours , and blessed their endeavours , and added through their instrumentality to his church , thousands that we have every reason to believe will be eternally saved . Neither their " speech nor their preaching was with enticing words ...
... labours , and blessed their endeavours , and added through their instrumentality to his church , thousands that we have every reason to believe will be eternally saved . Neither their " speech nor their preaching was with enticing words ...
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Page 64 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies: The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 111 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 111 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 56 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Page 243 - IN FRANCE, BUT LEFT THAT COUNTRY FOR HIS RELIGION AND CAME TO SETTLE IN THIS ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE YEAR 1692 AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD WAS BY ANOTHER SHOCK THROWN INTO THE SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY SWIMMING UNTIL A BOAT TOOK HIM UP; HE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER IN GREAT REPUTATION, BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND MUCH LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH...
Page 112 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves ; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 153 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Page 153 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Page 117 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly: we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
Page 64 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene...