Memoir of Mrs. Harriet L. Winslow: Thirteen Years a Member of the American Mission in Ceylon

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American Tract Society, 1840 - 479 pages
 

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Page 275 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Page 22 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 162 - He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Page 443 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 92 - I have communed with him on his mercy-seat, with more delight, perhaps, than ever before. " The grand objections of health and friends seem now to have become, comparatively, of little consequence. For the first, I am assured that my prospect of enduring the voyage and climate is quite as good as Mrs. Nott's when she left America ; though the previous preparation might be a subject of concern, did I not believe that if God has a work for me to do in a heathen land, he will prepare me for it. The...
Page 128 - ... importance to be prepared for enjoying another 1 "Do not dream of heaven without a compliance with the terms of salvation. God is merciful, but he is likewise just, and * it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.' Look, dear , into the Scriptures : ' Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.' He that believeth not, shall be damned.
Page 248 - I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 416 - He gave an account, with deep feeling, of the manner in which he had been taken up, when a poor boy, brought forward, supported and educated by the missionaries, and converted, as he hoped, by the Spirit of God, so as to be prepared to stand there as a preacher of the Gospel. Looking around...
Page 157 - Bless the Lord, O our souls, and all that is within us bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O our souls, and forget not all his benefits...
Page 283 - ... work — reception of forty-nine to the church. The prospectus or plan of a College," which has been mentioned, proposed the establishment, on a liberal scale, of a Christian institution for the instruction of Tamul and other youth in the literature of the country, and also in the English language and the elements of European science. The great object was to prepare catechists, schoolmasters, and other assistants in the missionary work, especially native preachers, without whom the progress of...

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