Memoirs of the Rev. Samuel J. Mills: Late Missionary to the South Western Section of the United States, and Agent of the American Colonization Society, Deputed to Explore the Coast of AfricaFrancis Westley, 1820 - 214 pagine |
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Pagina v
... religion is unquestionably the most important . To diffuse this , is the object at which every friend to the well - being of society will aim , and he gladly embraces every means within his reach that will assist him in his undertaking ...
... religion is unquestionably the most important . To diffuse this , is the object at which every friend to the well - being of society will aim , and he gladly embraces every means within his reach that will assist him in his undertaking ...
Pagina vi
... religion may be recommended to the attention of mankind , Biography may be classed amongst the most efficient . In the lives of good men we see the principles we profess in the powerfully constraining influence they exer- cise over the ...
... religion may be recommended to the attention of mankind , Biography may be classed amongst the most efficient . In the lives of good men we see the principles we profess in the powerfully constraining influence they exer- cise over the ...
Pagina vii
... religion . What other system could produce such a com- bination of excellencies as were united in this estimable man ? Let Infidelity contemplate the picture , and blush when she is told that the cha- racter of Mills was formed on those ...
... religion . What other system could produce such a com- bination of excellencies as were united in this estimable man ? Let Infidelity contemplate the picture , and blush when she is told that the cha- racter of Mills was formed on those ...
Pagina viii
... very different ground on which their publication may be deem- ed peculiarly expedient . The present era of the Chritian church is distinguished , above all that have preceded it , for the degree of religious zeal viii PREFACE .
... very different ground on which their publication may be deem- ed peculiarly expedient . The present era of the Chritian church is distinguished , above all that have preceded it , for the degree of religious zeal viii PREFACE .
Pagina ix
... religious zeal and activity , which every where abound . A Missionary spirit has been excited in every part of the Christian world . Institutions for the cir- culation of the Scriptures , and for sending the Gospel to the ends of the ...
... religious zeal and activity , which every where abound . A Missionary spirit has been excited in every part of the Christian world . Institutions for the cir- culation of the Scriptures , and for sending the Gospel to the ends of the ...
Parole e frasi comuni
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Brani popolari
Pagina xi - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 38 - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Pagina 38 - Come then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Pagina 38 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Pagina 45 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Pagina 43 - THE LORD reigneth ; let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Pagina 112 - Resolve, That the Executive be requested to correspond with the President of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining a territory upon the coast of Africa, or at some other place, not within any of the . States or territorial governments of the United States...
Pagina 59 - It is a fact that ought not to be forgotten that so lately as last March a Bible in any language could not be found, for sale or to be given away, in New Orleans. And yet eight thousand Bibles would not supply the destitute in this State.
Pagina 129 - Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
Pagina 82 - English literature on this as well as on the other side of the Atlantic.