The Life and Labours of John Wray, Pioneer Missionary in British Guiana: Compiled Chiefly from His Own Mss. and Diaries |
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... morning before the sun was hot , he was in his garden helping and directing the gardener ; he planted fruit trees of all kinds ; his garden was his only recreation . " A More important , however , is the moral and religious atmosphere ...
... morning before the sun was hot , he was in his garden helping and directing the gardener ; he planted fruit trees of all kinds ; his garden was his only recreation . " A More important , however , is the moral and religious atmosphere ...
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... - past eleven in the morning , for His Majesty's message was delivered to the different members of administration that they were then to wait upon him , to deliver up the seals of their offices . It then appeared 24 LIFE OF JOHN WRAY ,
... - past eleven in the morning , for His Majesty's message was delivered to the different members of administration that they were then to wait upon him , to deliver up the seals of their offices . It then appeared 24 LIFE OF JOHN WRAY ,
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... mornings to teach as many children as they could gather together , free coloured children who were growing up in total ignorance . Father was then connected with the Crown estates ; mother's labours among the poor mothers and infants ...
... mornings to teach as many children as they could gather together , free coloured children who were growing up in total ignorance . Father was then connected with the Crown estates ; mother's labours among the poor mothers and infants ...
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... morning he was con- fined to his room , never to leave it again . " On 8th April , " again to quote at length the Memoir , " he endured very severe pain , both night and day , which sometimes rendered him impatient and fretful . About a ...
... morning he was con- fined to his room , never to leave it again . " On 8th April , " again to quote at length the Memoir , " he endured very severe pain , both night and day , which sometimes rendered him impatient and fretful . About a ...
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... morning to his family before they rose from the breakfast table ; nor did company or occasional visitors hinder this practice . I have heard a gentleman say , ' I used to call upon Mr. Post when I went to town , but I left it off ...
... morning to his family before they rose from the breakfast table ; nor did company or occasional visitors hinder this practice . I have heard a gentleman say , ' I used to call upon Mr. Post when I went to town , but I left it off ...
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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.