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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... dangers and many perils at sea . Nothing like a regular government , or organized sys- tem of laws , exists among the natives ; they however ad- here to certain traditionary usages , and exhibit more of a moral and peaceable character ...
... dangers and many perils at sea . Nothing like a regular government , or organized sys- tem of laws , exists among the natives ; they however ad- here to certain traditionary usages , and exhibit more of a moral and peaceable character ...
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... dangerous , as they would not only be left without a regu- lar supply of provisions from Europe , but be exposed to the cruelty of the savages , who might even murder them . This unfavourable prospect , however , did not dispirit our ...
... dangerous , as they would not only be left without a regu- lar supply of provisions from Europe , but be exposed to the cruelty of the savages , who might even murder them . This unfavourable prospect , however , did not dispirit our ...
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... danger . not without danger . One of their number having embarked in a kajak , to angle for fish , was upset by a sudden gust of wind and rolling waves , and must inevitably have perished , if two Greenlanders , who were near at hand ...
... danger . not without danger . One of their number having embarked in a kajak , to angle for fish , was upset by a sudden gust of wind and rolling waves , and must inevitably have perished , if two Greenlanders , who were near at hand ...
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... dangers . They proved that the same all - sufficient God , still takes care of his children , and knows how to deliver them from all their fears . Help was often at hand when least expected . Thus when they were brought to the last ...
... dangers . They proved that the same all - sufficient God , still takes care of his children , and knows how to deliver them from all their fears . Help was often at hand when least expected . Thus when they were brought to the last ...
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... danger ; they rejoiced in the offer of a Saviour , and were rendered capable of relishing sublimer pleasures than plenty of seals and the low gratifications of sensual appetites . A sure foundation being thus laid in the knowledge of a ...
... danger ; they rejoiced in the offer of a Saviour , and were rendered capable of relishing sublimer pleasures than plenty of seals and the low gratifications of sensual appetites . A sure foundation being thus laid in the knowledge of a ...
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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...