The Life and Labours of John Wray, Pioneer Missionary in British Guiana: Compiled Chiefly from His Own Mss. and Diaries |
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... able one too , was the great motive to labour ; how constantly , and excessively , and cruelly , and wantonly it was used , seems incredible . In a word , impiety and profanity , tyranny and brutality , the grossest immorality and ...
... able one too , was the great motive to labour ; how constantly , and excessively , and cruelly , and wantonly it was used , seems incredible . In a word , impiety and profanity , tyranny and brutality , the grossest immorality and ...
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... in Demerara , too , was at first but tentative ; there was some prospect that he might not be able to continue , or , if spared , that he might not be allowed to stay . The burden was not to be removed , the cloud 28 28 LIFE OF JOHN WRAY ,
... in Demerara , too , was at first but tentative ; there was some prospect that he might not be able to continue , or , if spared , that he might not be allowed to stay . The burden was not to be removed , the cloud 28 28 LIFE OF JOHN WRAY ,
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... and about £ 200 being subscribed by other respect- able inhabitants of the Colony . " * * Evangelical Magazine , 1835 , p . 211 . " He soon discovered a missionary spirit , becoming very PIONEER MISSIONARY TO GUIANA . 35 336.
... and about £ 200 being subscribed by other respect- able inhabitants of the Colony . " * * Evangelical Magazine , 1835 , p . 211 . " He soon discovered a missionary spirit , becoming very PIONEER MISSIONARY TO GUIANA . 35 336.
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... able inhabitants . It appeared to be his continual study , and the chief business of his life , to promote the glory of God and the salvation of the negroes . " A few extracts from his letters of that time will show his anxiety in this ...
... able inhabitants . It appeared to be his continual study , and the chief business of his life , to promote the glory of God and the salvation of the negroes . " A few extracts from his letters of that time will show his anxiety in this ...
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... able , as certainly he was willing , to continue - re - assuring news to all parties , not least so to her who was expecting to follow . Very encouraging also would be the further intelligence that , after the opening of the chapel ...
... able , as certainly he was willing , to continue - re - assuring news to all parties , not least so to her who was expecting to follow . Very encouraging also would be the further intelligence that , after the opening of the chapel ...
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Page 345 - That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Page 236 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 170 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 269 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 303 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Page 7 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 164 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 92 - And such were some of you : but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Page 180 - That, through a determined and persevering, but at the hame time judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of His Majesty's subjects.