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Page 2 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 8 - tis nought to me ; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.
Page 12 - I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson.
Page 10 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.
Page 2 - PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade.
Page 5 - Neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 10 - even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 12 - I promised in my last letter to give you some account of a proposed tour among the Dyaks of the upper districts. This tour I accomplished in health and safety, in the company of my kind friend.Charles TC Grant, Esq., of Belidah Fort, a gentleman who has afforded me more assistance in beginning my missionary life here than any one in the country. I was absent from Sarawak one month ; during that time we went over a great deal of ground, and saw much of the people ; and in this letter...
Page 1 - Covenant," and that crown of living light, that "crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give at that day * * * to all those who love His appearing.
Page 7 - I purpose, through God's assistance, to administer to all such as shall be religiously and devoutly disposed the most comfortable Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ; to be by them received in remembrance of his meritorious Cross and Passion; whereby alone we obtain remission of our sins, and are made partakers of the kingdom of heaven.