Customs and Anecdotes of the GreenlandersAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1834 - 53 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 20 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Σελίδα 46 - Tis religion that can give Sweetest pleasures while we live : Tis religion must supply Solid comfort when we die. After death, its joys will be Lasting as eternity. Be the living God my friend, Then my bliss shall never end.
Σελίδα 49 - ... from sin. On your account he hung upon the cross, pierced in hands, feet and side, and covered with wounds from head to foot. He endured revilings and buffetings for us ; and, if we always had him present before us in this form, we should hate sin. He heals our hearts from that incurable disease, and clothes us in his blood-bought righteousness. Therefore, my dear friends, consider Him who has suffered so much for you, and apply to him every day of your lives ; you will not then be confounded...
Σελίδα 8 - Pure Religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.
Σελίδα 23 - Lo ! through snow and ice we press — One poor soul for Christ to gain. Glad we bear want and distress To set forth the Lamb once slain.
Σελίδα 48 - On one occasion, the assistant Nathaniel, in the morning meeting, spoke as follows : — " Let every one now attend to me. Dear brethren and sisters, whenever I am called upon to speak to you, I feel like a poor child who does not know what to say ; I am therefore ashamed, and tremble before you and before the Lord, for I have been a heathen, and spent much time in ignorance and sin : but hear me ; I will speak only a few words to you, and tell you that the Creator of heaven and earth came to us...
Σελίδα 20 - ... church of Rome. One colony of these, •who retained in purity their original principles and practice, was, in 1722, conducted by a brother, named Christian David, from Fulneck, in Moravia, to Upper Lusatia, where they put themselves under the protection of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, and built a village on his estate at the foot of a hill, called Hutbcrg, or Watch Hill.
Σελίδα 24 - Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither two coats apiece.
Σελίδα 48 - ... us from heaven, shed his blood, and died for you. And why did he do this ? He tells us himself, in his holy word, that the thoughts and imaginations of the human heart are evil; he therefore shed his precious blood, to wash and cleanse us from sin. On your account he hung upon the cross, pierced in hands, feet and side, and covered with wounds from head to foot. He endured revilings and buffetings for us ; and, if we always had him present before us in this form, we should hate sin. He heals...
Σελίδα 48 - I have been a heathen, and spent much time in ignorance and sin. But hear me ; I will speak only a few words to you, and tell you that the Creator of heaven and earth came to us from heaven, shed his blood, and died for you. And why did he do this? He tells us, himself, in his holy word, that the thoughts and imaginations of the human heart are evil; he, therefore, shed his precious blood to wash and cleanse us from sin On your account he hung upon the cross, pierced in his hands, feet, and side,...