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... Moral Geography of , 267 . Travellers in , 267 . South Africa , 199. The Bible in , 295. Capabilities of the Mosika Mis- sionary Station , 247. Its destruction , 249. Government of Moselekatsi , 248. Character of the King , 248. See 249 ...
... Moral Geography of , 267 . Travellers in , 267 . South Africa , 199. The Bible in , 295. Capabilities of the Mosika Mis- sionary Station , 247. Its destruction , 249. Government of Moselekatsi , 248. Character of the King , 248. See 249 ...
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... moral and industrious , several of them adorning by their lives their professions of christian faith , and all as inclined before their departure from our shores to organize themselves into a Temperance Society on the principle of total ...
... moral and industrious , several of them adorning by their lives their professions of christian faith , and all as inclined before their departure from our shores to organize themselves into a Temperance Society on the principle of total ...
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... moral , industrious , religious and happy . This gentleman has resigned his office , and J. B. Russwurm , late a citizen of Monrovia , has been appointed to the station . MISSION INTO THE INTERIOR . Allusion was made in the last Report ...
... moral , industrious , religious and happy . This gentleman has resigned his office , and J. B. Russwurm , late a citizen of Monrovia , has been appointed to the station . MISSION INTO THE INTERIOR . Allusion was made in the last Report ...
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... moral , sober and industrious . The income of the estate is estimated at $ 20,000 per annum . His Mr. Isaac Ross , ( now deceased ) a worthy son of Capt . Isaac Ross , directed by his will that the slaves on one of his estates should be ...
... moral , sober and industrious . The income of the estate is estimated at $ 20,000 per annum . His Mr. Isaac Ross , ( now deceased ) a worthy son of Capt . Isaac Ross , directed by his will that the slaves on one of his estates should be ...
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... moral courage and enthusiasm which prompted this gentle- man , after suffering bereavement in the loss of a son , who with his wife and child died in the missionary service to Africa , to leave his own family , that on a distant and hea ...
... moral courage and enthusiasm which prompted this gentle- man , after suffering bereavement in the loss of a son , who with his wife and child died in the missionary service to Africa , to leave his own family , that on a distant and hea ...
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Page 164 - ... a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Page 74 - ... is hereby annulled. ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.
Page 75 - ... ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a Commander in Chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Page 34 - He would therefore move to strike out all after the word " resolved," and insert the following : That this congress expresses its preference for the system known as the family system, in conducting juvenile reformatories.
Page 266 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye.
Page 347 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness...
Page 77 - The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.
Page 266 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Page 347 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Page 145 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.