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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... building their houses , tents and boats . The climate in this country is intensely cold , sometimes so severe that beer and even brandy freeze in a room- heated by a stove ; but the air is generally serene and pure , and bracing to ...
... building their houses , tents and boats . The climate in this country is intensely cold , sometimes so severe that beer and even brandy freeze in a room- heated by a stove ; but the air is generally serene and pure , and bracing to ...
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... build a house and cultivate a piece of land , that they might not be burdensome to any . " He objected that there was no timber fit for building in that country . " If this is the case , " said our brethren , " then we will dig a hole ...
... build a house and cultivate a piece of land , that they might not be burdensome to any . " He objected that there was no timber fit for building in that country . " If this is the case , " said our brethren , " then we will dig a hole ...
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... buildings , or to beg nails , fish - hooks , knives , and other articles , or even to steal them . If our missionaries visited them , they seldom found any one willing to lodge and entertain them , even though offered a recompense for ...
... buildings , or to beg nails , fish - hooks , knives , and other articles , or even to steal them . If our missionaries visited them , they seldom found any one willing to lodge and entertain them , even though offered a recompense for ...
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... building , the frame and boards of which had been sent from Europe . This proved a very great convenience , as the auditory frequently amounted to three hundred per- sons . Store - houses were at the same time erected , both for the ...
... building , the frame and boards of which had been sent from Europe . This proved a very great convenience , as the auditory frequently amounted to three hundred per- sons . Store - houses were at the same time erected , both for the ...
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... building with them , and the place itself sup- plied them with very few ; they could not even derive much assistance from the Greenlanders , as they had to build their own houses . They were obliged to roll the * He was one of the first ...
... building with them , and the place itself sup- plied them with very few ; they could not even derive much assistance from the Greenlanders , as they had to build their own houses . They were obliged to roll the * He was one of the first ...
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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 Europeans 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 landdrost LICHTENFELS likewise live Lord manner mercy miles mission missionaries murder NAIN natives Negroes NEW-HERRNHUT night obliged Paramaribo persons plantations preaching the gospel promising received rendered residence river SAREPTA savages Saviour sent settlement SHEKOMEKO ship sion sionaries slaves soon souls suffer Surinam teachers things thou thren tion town tribes visited voyage whole wife zeal
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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 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 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 146 - European colonists skewed forth the praises of Him, who called them out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Página 371 - He sent redemption unto his people : he hath commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend is his name.
Página 10 - And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Página 182 - ... to which it would be difficult to find a parallel in the annals of human depravity *. The disease generally manifested itself by the usual febrile symptoms of shivering, nausea, headache, and delirium.
Página 27 - He then read to them, out of the New Testament, the history of our Saviour's agony in the garden. Upon this, the Lord opened the heart of one of the company, whose name was Kayarnak, who, stepping up to the table, in an earnest manner exclaimed, " How was that? Tell me that once more; for I too desire to be saved.
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. Thus refreshed, they resolved to proceed without stopping till they...