Historical Sketches of the Missions of the United Brethren: For Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen, from Their Commencement to the Present TimeR. Napper, and sold by Dugdale, Keene, Milliken, Archer, 1818 - 472 páginas |
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... hundred persons , and these mostly poor exiles ; yet neither their external poverty nor the smallness of their number could damp their zeal or relax their ardour . Having given themselves unto the Lord , they were disposed to offer to ...
... hundred persons , and these mostly poor exiles ; yet neither their external poverty nor the smallness of their number could damp their zeal or relax their ardour . Having given themselves unto the Lord , they were disposed to offer to ...
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... hundred years , though no colo- nies were formed there till within the last century , when the Danes erected several factories for the purpose of car- rying on the whale - fishery . The western coast , as far as it has been explored and ...
... hundred years , though no colo- nies were formed there till within the last century , when the Danes erected several factories for the purpose of car- rying on the whale - fishery . The western coast , as far as it has been explored and ...
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... hundred leagues . The skele- tons both of the skin - boat and the kajak are constructed by the men , but the covering of them is the work of the women . These have likewise the management of all do- mestic concerns , and very early ...
... hundred leagues . The skele- tons both of the skin - boat and the kajak are constructed by the men , but the covering of them is the work of the women . These have likewise the management of all do- mestic concerns , and very early ...
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... most of the summer among the islands and hills , for the purpose of catching seals and hunting reindeer ; and during the winter , they were accustomed to go sixty and even two hundred leagues to 14 Mission in Greenland .
... most of the summer among the islands and hills , for the purpose of catching seals and hunting reindeer ; and during the winter , they were accustomed to go sixty and even two hundred leagues to 14 Mission in Greenland .
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... hundred leagues to the north or south to visit their acquaintances . Few of them therefore called upon our brethren ; and if any did come , it was chiefly to see their buildings , or to beg nails , fish - hooks , knives , and other ...
... hundred leagues to the north or south to visit their acquaintances . Few of them therefore called upon our brethren ; and if any did come , it was chiefly to see their buildings , or to beg nails , fish - hooks , knives , and other ...
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Acct Arawak language arrived assistants attended BAMBEY baptism baptized BAVIAN'S KLOOF became Berbice BETHLEHEM blessing boat brethren Brethren's History brother called Cape-town captain Chiefs Christ christian Indians church coast colony congregation converts Count Zinzendorf countrymen danger death distress divine endeavours Esquimaux faith favour former Fort Detroit frequently GNADENHUETTEN gospel governor grace GRACEHILL Greenland Greenland language hearers heart heathen Herrnhut hope HOPEDALE Hottentots hundred huts Indian brethren inhabitants instruction Iroquois island Jesus journey labours land LICHTENFELS likewise live Lord manner mercy miles mission missionaries murder Muskingum NAIN natives Negroes NEW-HERRNHUT night obliged Paramaribo persons plantations preaching the gospel promising received rendered residence river SANDUSKY SAREPTA savages Saviour sent settlement SHEKOMEKO ship sion sionaries slaves soon souls suffered Surinam teachers thing thou thren tion town tribes visited voyage whole wife zeal
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Página 336 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die?
Página 422 - Fear not : for I am with thee : I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Página 74 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Página 229 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Página 371 - He sent redemption unto his people : he hath commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend is his name.
Página 330 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Página 127 - But he is unconcerned ; — this cannot be a bad man ; he fears no evil, not even from us, who are so savage : but sleeps comfortably, and places his life in our hands...
Página 82 - ... waves. The sight was tremendous, and awfully grand — the large fields of ice, raising themselves out of the water, striking against each other, and plunging into the deep with a violence not to be described, and a noise like the discharge of innumerable batteries of heavy guns. The darkness of the night, the roaring of the wind and sea, and the dashing of the waves and ice against the rocks, filled the travellers with sensations of awe and horror, as almost to deprive them of the power of utterance.
Página 81 - Noises were now likewise distinctly heard in many directions, like the report of cannon, owing to the bursting of the ice at some distance. The Esquimaux therefore drove with all haste towards the shore, intending to take up their night-quarters on the south side of the Nivak.
Página 86 - On the 17th, the wind had considerably increased with heavy showers of snow and sleet, but they set off at half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon. Mark ran all the way round Kiglapeit before the sledge to find a good track, and about one o'clock, through God's mercy, they were out of danger and reached the bay. Here they found a good track, upon smooth ice, made a meal of the remnant of their provisions, and got some warm coffee.