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... manners , will be mat- ter of wonder chiefly to those not deeply read in the deceitfulness of the human heart . " Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall , " was the advice of one who was no mean proficient in the school of Christ ...
... manners , will be mat- ter of wonder chiefly to those not deeply read in the deceitfulness of the human heart . " Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall , " was the advice of one who was no mean proficient in the school of Christ ...
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... manner applied himself to the promotion of region wherever he could find an opportunity . The giving of the Sacred Scriptures to his Indian fellow subjects was to him evidently a subject of ear- nest desire ; and had his life been ...
... manner applied himself to the promotion of region wherever he could find an opportunity . The giving of the Sacred Scriptures to his Indian fellow subjects was to him evidently a subject of ear- nest desire ; and had his life been ...
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... manner , in- serted the following advertisement in the India Gazette of No- vember , 1783 : ADVERTISEMENT . A plan is now forming for more effectually spreading the knowledge of Jesus Christ , and his glorious gospel , in and about ...
... manner , in- serted the following advertisement in the India Gazette of No- vember , 1783 : ADVERTISEMENT . A plan is now forming for more effectually spreading the knowledge of Jesus Christ , and his glorious gospel , in and about ...
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... manner did the God of mercy watch over his cause to save it from ruin , and provide a pastor for the few who feared him , whose labors he was pleased afterwards to bless in a considerable de- gree : and thus was the dishonor brought on ...
... manner did the God of mercy watch over his cause to save it from ruin , and provide a pastor for the few who feared him , whose labors he was pleased afterwards to bless in a considerable de- gree : and thus was the dishonor brought on ...
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... manner has the whole been conducted by the Society , that in- cluding the expense of the new fount of types , this quarto vo- lume , on English paper , has cost the friends of religion only Ele- ven Rupees the copy . Thus has a supply ...
... manner has the whole been conducted by the Society , that in- cluding the expense of the new fount of types , this quarto vo- lume , on English paper , has cost the friends of religion only Ele- ven Rupees the copy . Thus has a supply ...
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Página 270 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth,' — it is manifestly the duty of all Christians who enjoy the light of the present day, when the inconsistency of slavery, both with the dictates of humanity and religion, has been demonstrated, and is generally seen and acknowledged, to use their honest, earnest, and unwearied...
Página 183 - And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Página 172 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes, became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich...
Página 305 - Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women, as were devoted to one only husband.
Página 269 - We consider the voluntary enslaving of one part of the human race by another as a gross violation of the most precious and sacred rights of human nature...
Página 269 - Slavery creates a paradox in the moral system — it exhibits rational, accountable, and immortal beings in such circumstances as scarcely to leave them the power of moral action. It exhibits them as dependent on the will of others, whether they shall receive religious instruction ; whether they shall know and worship the true God ; whether they shall enjoy the ordinances of the gospel ; whether they shall perform the duties and cherish the endearments of husbands and wives, parents and children...
Página 275 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Página 271 - As our country has inflicted a most grievous injury on the unhappy Africans, by bringing them into slavery, we cannot indeed urge that we should add a second injury to the first, by emancipating them in such manner as that they will be likely to destroy themselves or others.
Página 273 - We enjoin it on all church Sessions and Presbyteries under the care of this Assembly, to discountenance, and, as far as possible, to prevent all cruelty of whatever kind in the treatment of slaves ; especially the cruelty of separating husband and wife, parents and children, and that which consists in selling slaves to those who will either themselves deprive these unhappy people of the blessings of the gospel, or who will transport them to places where the gospel is not proclaimed, or where it is...
Página 23 - I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.