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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... language ; and to those of the Baptist missionaries at Serampore , in accomplishing the same stupendous task , besides preparing the whole , or parts of the Scriptures , in more than twenty languages of India ; -other devoted men , in ...
... language ; and to those of the Baptist missionaries at Serampore , in accomplishing the same stupendous task , besides preparing the whole , or parts of the Scriptures , in more than twenty languages of India ; -other devoted men , in ...
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... languages of the heathen must be known , and who will acquire them ? " It can now be told that nearly thirty of the fifty languages of India have been attained by one small body of men ; and that of these , two are the Chinese and the ...
... languages of the heathen must be known , and who will acquire them ? " It can now be told that nearly thirty of the fifty languages of India have been attained by one small body of men ; and that of these , two are the Chinese and the ...
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... with all the other 100 Testaments to this station , in dangers to which he was exposed . the Dutch language , which were What a change has now taken usefully distributed . | Since the death of Africaner , in | two grants 4 AFR AFR.
... with all the other 100 Testaments to this station , in dangers to which he was exposed . the Dutch language , which were What a change has now taken usefully distributed . | Since the death of Africaner , in | two grants 4 AFR AFR.
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... language he had usually from 500 to 600 hearers . Speaking of the inhabitants of Amboyna , he says , " The great body of Christains residing here are not Europeans , or half - castes , but persons whose ancestors have re- sided here ...
... language he had usually from 500 to 600 hearers . Speaking of the inhabitants of Amboyna , he says , " The great body of Christains residing here are not Europeans , or half - castes , but persons whose ancestors have re- sided here ...
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... language from the N. S. In January 1821 , an Auxiliary Missionary Society was formed at Amboyna , for the purpose of con- tributing to the maintenance and support of several missionaries re- cently sent out by the N. S. , and also with ...
... language from the N. S. In January 1821 , an Auxiliary Missionary Society was formed at Amboyna , for the purpose of con- tributing to the maintenance and support of several missionaries re- cently sent out by the N. S. , and also with ...
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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.
Page 11 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; And cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.
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.
Page 409 - I believe that the Divine Son, Jesus Christ, suffered death in the place of men, to atone for their sins. Like a heavy laden man, I feel my sins are very many. The punishment of my sins I deserve to suffer. Since it is so do you, sirs, consider that I, taking refuge in the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receiving baptism in order to become his disciple, shall dwell one with yourselves, a band of brothers, in the happiness of heaven; and therefore grant me the ordinance of baptism.
Page 121 - Institution is, the tuition of the sons of respectable Hindoos^ in the English and Indian languages, and in the literature and science of Europe and Asia.