Memoir of Rev. Gordon Hall, A.M.: One of the First Missionaries of the Amer. Board of Comm. for For. Missions, at Bombay |
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Page 60 - Look unto me , and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth; for I AM GOD, and there is none else.
Page 196 - As a Missionary, Mr. Newell was distinguished by great tenderness of feeling, uncommon modesty, and a low estimate of his own attainments. The woeful condition of the heathen oppressed him much ; and a view of the magnitude and responsibility of the work in which he was employed, weighed heavily upon him. Though generally enjoying comfortable health, he had many presentiments, as his letters testify, that he should continue but a little while in his allotted station. But whatever might be the divine...
Page 249 - He went, and the day of judgment, while it tells the results of his labors, will rebuke the apathy with which others have slumbered over the miseries of dying Pagans.
Page 239 - I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service...
Page 249 - To many it seemed a visionary thing in Mr. Hall, that he should decline an invitation to settle, attended with so many attractive circumstances, and so much prospect of usefulness. But I can never forget with what a glistening eye and firm accent this youthful pioneer of foreign missions, full of faith and the Holy Ghost, said, ' No ; I must not settle in any parish of Christendom. Others will be...
Page 230 - O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 232 - Colombia, and thence across the mountains to the Missouri, the first missionaries we see in that direction, are brethren Vail and Chapman, among the Osages. Again we look north, and at a distance of 180 miles, we see two missionaries; but from thence, (with two or three doubtful exceptions,) through all the north of Asia to the pole, not a single missionary is to be seen. In a northwestern direction, it is doubtful whether there is now one missionary between us and St.
Page 70 - We entreat you by the spiritual miseries of the heathen, who are daily perishing before your eyes, and under your Excellency's government, not to prevent us from preaching Christ to them. We entreat you by the blood of Jesus, which he shed to redeem them. As ministers of Him, who has all power in heaven and on earth, and who, with his farewell and ascending voice, commanded his ministers to go and teach all nations, we entreat you not to prohibit us from teaching these heathens.
Page 131 - Redeemer, was that he should see the travail of his soul ; that he should have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession...
Page 247 - I would say on the subject, he made his decision in the negative that evening, — an'd there the thing ended ; it was dismissed from his thoughts and never again adverted to by him in conversation. This incident, trifling as it may seem. made a strong impression on me at the time, as indicating the promising structure of his mind. I had then seen, as I have often seen since, young men who would make of such a quee tion a