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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAmerican Board appointed Association Baptist Missionary baptized begun Bible Bible Society Bible-women Bishop brethren British Calcutta carried catechists China Chinese Christ Christian Church Missionary Church Missionary Society Church of England Church of Scotland College colony commenced Committee communicants congregations contributions converts dained diocese district England English established Evangelical evangelistic Female Fields of Labour Foreign Missionary Society Foreign Missions Foreign Workers Free Church funds girls Gospel heathen herents India Institution island Japan Jews Kafirs ladies lands language large number London London Missionary Society Madagascar Madras Medical Mission medical missionary Methodist ministers Mohammedans native Christians native churches native pastors native teachers Native Workers North occupied opened ordained organised out-stations preachers preaching Presbyterian Church province pupils Reformed scholars schools Scriptures sent Serampur Society's South Africa South India Swedish Missionary Society Synod Testament theological tions Tract tribes villages visited Woman's Board women Zenana Popular passagesPage 1 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Page 243 - Society, and one of the first promoters of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews. Page 23 - Majesty's subjects beyond the seas ; for the maintenance of Clergymen in the Plantations, Colonies, and Factories of Great Britain ; and for the propagation of the Gospel in those parts. Page 34 - You are a miserable enthusiast for asking such a question ! Certainly nothing can be done before another Pentecost, when an effusion of miraculous gifts, including the gift of tongues, will give effect to the commission of Christ as at first... Page 17 - Missionary in the service of the Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America. Page 336 - British merchants will not be allowed to reside at Ch'ung-k'ing, or to open establishments or warehouses there, so long as no steamers have access to the port. When steamers have succeeded in ascending the river so far, further arrangements can be taken into consideration. Page 430 - Cloth, library style, $1.00 ; flexible cloth, .75; paper covers, .50. THE OPEN SECRET; or, The Bible Explaining Itself. A series of intensely practical Bible readings. By HANNAH WHITALL SMITH. 320 pp. Fine cloth, $1.00. That the author of this work has a faculty of presenting the " Secret Things " that are revealed in the Word of God is apparent to all who have read the exceedingly popular work, "The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. Page 16 - Language, who not onely of Barbarous are become Civil, but many of them forsaking their accustomed Charms and Sorceries, and other Satanical Delusions, do now call upon the Name of the Lord... Page 24 - We pray you may be endued with health and strength of body, that you may long continue to fulfil your ministry with good success ; of which, as we shall be rejoiced to hear, so you will always find us ready to succour you, in whatever may tend to promote your work and to excite your zeal. Page 311 - Missions, for the purpose of devising ways and means, and adopting and prosecuting measures, for promoting the spread of the gospel in heathen lands. Bibliographic information |