Towards the Land of the Rising Sun: Or Four Years in BurmaSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900 - 160 pages |
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Towards the Land of the Rising Sun: Or, Four Years in Burma (Classic Reprint) Sister Katherine Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
Towards the Land of the Rising Sun: Or Four Years in Burma Sister Katherine Aucun aperçu disponible - 1900 |
Towards the Land of the Rising Sun: Or, Four Years in Burma (Classic Reprint) Sister Katherine Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
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Page 66 - He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Page 78 - We thank Thee that Thy Church unsleeping, While earth rolls onward into light, Through all the world her watch is keeping, And rests not now by day or night. 3 As o'er each continent and island The dawn leads on another day, The voice of prayer is never silent, Nor dies the strain of praise away.
Page 78 - The sun that bids us rest is waking Our brethren 'neath the Western sky, And hour by hour fresh lips are making Thy wondrous doings heard on high. So be it, Lord ; Thy throne shall never, Like earth's proud empires, pass away ; Thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever, Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.
Page 53 - NATIONAL TRADITIONS. A people beloved of God. " 0 children and grandchildren ! formerly God loved the Karen nation above all others, but they transgressed his commands, and in consequence of their transgressions we suffer as at present. Because God cursed us, we are in our present afflicted state, and have no books. But God will again have mercy on us, and again he will love us above others. God will yet save us again ; it is on account of our listening to the language of Satan, that we thus suffer.
Page 66 - A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Page 52 - God created the world formerly ; He can enlarge and diminish it at pleasure. God formed the world formerly ; He appointed food and drink. He appointed the fruit of trial ; — He gave minute orders. Satan deceived two persons ; He caused them to eat the fruit of the tree of trial. They obeyed not, they believed not God ; They ate the fruit of the tree of trial, — When they ate the fruit of trial, They became subject to sickness, old age, and death.
Page 53 - At the appointed season God will come ; The dead trees will blossom and flower : When the appointed season comes, God will arrive : The mouldering trees will blossom and bloom again: God will come and bring the great Thau-thee ;* We must worship both great and small. The great Thau-thee, God created ; Let us ascend and worship. There is a great mountain in the ford, Can you ascend and worship God ? There is a great mountain in the way, Are you able to ascend and worship God ? Tou...
Page 5 - A panorama more deplorably desolate no human imagination can conceive. To the right and left, as far as the eye could reach, there lay outstretched, like ramparts of the world, lines of...
Page 2 - COMPOSITION AND TEACHING, AND THE TESTIMONY IT BEARS TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. By Sir WILLIAM MUIR, KCSI, LL.D., DCL, Ph.D. THE RELIGION OF THE CRESCENT, OR ISLAM; ITS STRENGTH. ITS WEAKNESS. ITS ORIGIN ITS INFLUENCE. By the Rev. W. ST.
Page 138 - I had to take them in and secrete them as well as possible. A few minutes after them came in a common coolie, as I thought. I got up and said, ' Who are you ? ' He said, ' I am Prince Nyoung Yan, — save me.