The Missionary Gazetteer: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Account of the Various Stations of the Church, London, Moravian, Wesleyan, Baptist, and American, Missionary Societies Etc., with Their Progress in Evangelization and Civilization |
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... island in the Indian Ocean , the Dutch metro- polis of the Moluccas . It is 56 miles long ; and divided , at the S.W. end , by a large bay into two limbs , the largest called Hetou , and the other Leytimor . The surface is beautiful ...
... island in the Indian Ocean , the Dutch metro- polis of the Moluccas . It is 56 miles long ; and divided , at the S.W. end , by a large bay into two limbs , the largest called Hetou , and the other Leytimor . The surface is beautiful ...
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... Islands , in conse- quence of applications previously received from the inhabitants . Two teachers , natives of Banha , have also been sent to that island , in compliance with their own earnest desire to instruct their countrymen in the ...
... Islands , in conse- quence of applications previously received from the inhabitants . Two teachers , natives of Banha , have also been sent to that island , in compliance with their own earnest desire to instruct their countrymen in the ...
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... ISLAND , the most northerly of the Caribbee Islands possessed by Great Britain in the West Indies . It takes its name from its winding figure , and is 60 m . N.W. of St. Christopher's . W. lon . 63 ° 10 ′ , N. lat . 18 ° 12 ′ . This ...
... ISLAND , the most northerly of the Caribbee Islands possessed by Great Britain in the West Indies . It takes its name from its winding figure , and is 60 m . N.W. of St. Christopher's . W. lon . 63 ° 10 ′ , N. lat . 18 ° 12 ′ . This ...
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... island towards the close of 1783 , things went on prosperously ; so that these individuals had under their care upwards of 1000 mem- bers , chiefly blacks , who appeared to be earnestly stretching forth their hands towards God . Many ...
... island towards the close of 1783 , things went on prosperously ; so that these individuals had under their care upwards of 1000 mem- bers , chiefly blacks , who appeared to be earnestly stretching forth their hands towards God . Many ...
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... island , carried away the two Wes- leyan school - rooms in the town of Parham . Indeed , as they were only what is termed wattled build - attended . ings , they could not be expected to resist a strong wind . The complication , the ...
... island , carried away the two Wes- leyan school - rooms in the town of Parham . Indeed , as they were only what is termed wattled build - attended . ings , they could not be expected to resist a strong wind . The complication , the ...
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Page 5 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
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Page 410 - In regard to the objects of your petition, his majesty gives no order. In regard to your sacred books, his majesty has no use for them : take them away.
Page 190 - Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Page 426 - Then answered I them, and said unto them, "The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Page 257 - And thus we dismissed him. After some time, Brother Rauch came into my hut, and sat down by me : he spoke to me nearly as follows: — ' I come to you in the name of the Lord of heaven and earth : he sends to let you know that he will make you happy, and deliver you from the misery in which you lie at present. To this end, he became a man, gave his life a ransom for man, and shed his blood for him, &c.
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