Mission Schools in India of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions: With Sketches of the Missions Among the North American Indians, the Sandwich Islands, the Armenians of Turkey, and the Nestorians of Persia

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A. D. F. Randolph, 1861 - 432 Seiten
 

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Seite 272 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Seite 23 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From Thee departing, they are lost and rove At random, without honor, hope, or peace.
Seite 146 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Seite 19 - Missions, for the purpose of devising ways and means, and adopting . ,.; and prosecuting measures, for promoting the spread of the gospel in heathen lands.
Seite 54 - 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...
Seite 367 - You have appeared in our full Council. We have listened to what you have said, and understand it. We are glad to see you. We wish to have the schools established, and hope they will be of great advantage to the nation.
Seite 54 - By all the dread of being found on the catalogue of those who persecute the church of God, and resist the salvation of men, we entreat your Excellency not to oppose the prayers and efforts of the church, by sending back those whom the church has sent forth in the name of the Lord, to preach his Gospel among the heathen ; and we earnestly beseech Almighty God to prevent such an act ; and now and ever to guide your Excellency in that way, which shall be most pleasing in his sight.
Seite 54 - ... and teach all nations, we entreat you not to prohibit us from teaching these heathens. By all the principles of our holy religion, by which you hope to be saved, we entreat you not to hinder us from preaching the same religion to these perishing idolaters. By all the solemnities of the...
Seite 54 - 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...
Seite 36 - And another reason for such an education, is in its procuring means and opening ways of access to the people, and opportunities of preaching to them. One great difficulty which missionaries often experience, is in obtaining access to the people, in circumstances where Christianity can be made the subject of communication or conversation. " In such circumstances schools become very important, as a means of communication with different classes of people, with children and parents, and with men and...

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