A Sermon, Delivered Before the Massachusetts Missionary Society, at Their Annual Meeting May 25, 1802 |
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... sent from this society , to preach the gospel at Fogo , Bonavista , and Green - Pond Island . This measure has been maturely consid ered ; and it has been resolved to comply with Mr. Hillyard's re- commendation , whenever a suitable ...
... sent from this society , to preach the gospel at Fogo , Bonavista , and Green - Pond Island . This measure has been maturely consid ered ; and it has been resolved to comply with Mr. Hillyard's re- commendation , whenever a suitable ...
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... sent to take care of the souls of men . Father , now attend ! As you are sent to us from the New - York Missionary Society , we hope you will be kind enough to excuse our delay in giving you a full answer respecting the objects of your ...
... sent to take care of the souls of men . Father , now attend ! As you are sent to us from the New - York Missionary Society , we hope you will be kind enough to excuse our delay in giving you a full answer respecting the objects of your ...
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... sent them from Boston some years ago to preach to them the name of Jesus ; but they did not receive him ; and now we are sorry they did not receive him . We suppose that our fore- fathers thought it was not necessary to have preaching ...
... sent them from Boston some years ago to preach to them the name of Jesus ; but they did not receive him ; and now we are sorry they did not receive him . We suppose that our fore- fathers thought it was not necessary to have preaching ...
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... sent to us , offering us assistance in the education of our children , we receive it kindly , and return them our thanks ; but we have some difficulty in our minds about the School - house . The white people at Buffaloe were to provide ...
... sent to us , offering us assistance in the education of our children , we receive it kindly , and return them our thanks ; but we have some difficulty in our minds about the School - house . The white people at Buffaloe were to provide ...
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Page 8 - After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down ; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up : that the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Page 20 - For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Page 36 - ... among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Page 7 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 12 - For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Page 12 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the G-entiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved...
Page 14 - How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Page 11 - For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree ; how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree...
Page 11 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 36 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins ; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience...