The Church Missionary Atlas: Maps of the Various Missions of the Church Missionary Society, with Illustrative Letter-press, Τόμος 12

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Church Missionary House, 1862 - 58 σελίδες

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Σελίδα 15 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Σελίδα 8 - Christ will come when a great multitude which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Σελίδα 12 - This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Σελίδα 12 - JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an Infidel and Libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the Faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near sixteen years at Olney in Bucks And . . . years in this church.
Σελίδα 20 - Peshawar will tend to disturb the peace. It is, of course, incumbent upon us to be prudent, to lay stress upon the selection of discreet men for missionaries, to begin quietly with schools, and wait the proper time for preaching.
Σελίδα 15 - For my immediate purpose it will be sufficient to say, that having maturely weighed these questions, and with a full perception of the difficulties which may attend this undertaking, the Ministers of the Crown are yet convinced that it affords the best, if not the only prospect of accomplishing the...
Σελίδα 20 - India. Let us rejoice that it is not; let us rejoice that pure and impure motives, religious zeal and worldly ambition, are not so lamentably mixed up. "The duty of evangelizing India lies at the door of private Christians ; the appeal is to private consciences, private effort, private zeal, and private example.
Σελίδα 9 - Young men and maidens, old men and children, all with one heart and with one voice praising God ; all offering up daily their morning and evening prayers ; all searching the Scriptures, to find the way of eternal life ; all valuing the Word of God above every other gift ; all, in a greater or less degree, bringing forth and visibly displaying in their outward lives some fruits of the influences of the Spirit. Where will you find, throughout the Christian World, more signal manifestations of the presence...
Σελίδα 20 - Muezzin on his lofty minaret fill the air with the azan ; and the Civil Government, which protects them both, will take upon itself the duty of protecting the Christian Missionary, who goes forth to preach the Gospel. Above all, we may be quite sure that we are much safer if we do our duty than if we neglect it; and that He who has brought us fare, with His own right arm, will shield and bless us, if, in simple reliance upon Him, we try to do His will.

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