The Life and Labours of John Wray, Pioneer Missionary in British Guiana: Compiled Chiefly from His Own Mss. and Diaries |
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... arrival from Holland of a strong naval and military force , at a great cost to the Colony ; its suppression being followed by shocking torturings of the chief insurgents . Later on , despite the insect plagues , the pestilential miasm ...
... arrival from Holland of a strong naval and military force , at a great cost to the Colony ; its suppression being followed by shocking torturings of the chief insurgents . Later on , despite the insect plagues , the pestilential miasm ...
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... arrived on the 30th September , 1805 , and on the 2nd October he had an interview with the Governor ( Beaujon ) , who , of course , questioned him as to what he was , and what was the object of his visit . Being informed that he was a ...
... arrived on the 30th September , 1805 , and on the 2nd October he had an interview with the Governor ( Beaujon ) , who , of course , questioned him as to what he was , and what was the object of his visit . Being informed that he was a ...
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... arrived when this great question was to be decided . ' What moral principle failed to achieve , minis- terial changes accomplished . ' The death of Mr. Pitt ( personally a supporter of abolition ) , in January , 1806 , made way for the ...
... arrived when this great question was to be decided . ' What moral principle failed to achieve , minis- terial changes accomplished . ' The death of Mr. Pitt ( personally a supporter of abolition ) , in January , 1806 , made way for the ...
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... arrival , and it was her delight to encourage them , and explain things to them ; she , in fact , was a mother in Israel . What she was to my father , tongue cannot tell ; and to her children . She was of a very cheerful disposition ...
... arrival , and it was her delight to encourage them , and explain things to them ; she , in fact , was a mother in Israel . What she was to my father , tongue cannot tell ; and to her children . She was of a very cheerful disposition ...
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... Arrival — Encouraging Incidents — Mr . Post's Hospitality and Co - operation - His Erection of Bethel Chapel and Manse ... ARRIVED in Demerara , 6th February , 1808 , " is the record in Register , brief as that of departure . The two ...
... Arrival — Encouraging Incidents — Mr . Post's Hospitality and Co - operation - His Erection of Bethel Chapel and Manse ... ARRIVED in Demerara , 6th February , 1808 , " is the record in Register , brief as that of departure . The two ...
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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.