A History of American Baptist Missions in Asia, Africa, Europe and North AmericaGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1849 - 359 páginas |
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Abbott Akyab already American Baptist amidst appointed aries Arracan arrival Assam attention Bangkok baptized Bassa Bible Board Boardman Buddhism Burman character Cherokees China Chinese Christ Christian church civilization commenced condition converts Corfu district doctrines early Edina engaged English established faith favor friends gospel Gospel of Matthew heathen hope hundred immediately Indians instruction interest Jaipur Judson Karens Kincaid king kingdom of Greece land language large number Maulmain meeting Messrs ministers mission house missionary labor Monrovia Moung nation native assistants Nellore Nowgong obliged officers Ojibwas Oncken pastor Patras persecution persons piety preachers preaching present Price printed province race Rangoon received religion religious removed residence Sabbath Sadiya sailed Sandoway schools Scriptures Serampore Siam Sibsagar Singphos sion sionaries Society soon spirit station Tavoy teacher Teloogoos thousand tion town tracts translation tribes truth United villages visited Wade worship zayat
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Página 64 - Understand, teacher, that we do not give you the entire owning of this ground. We take no recompense, lest it become American territory. We give it to you for your present residence only, and, when you go away, shall take it again.
Página 50 - Something was now said about brother Column's skill in medicine ; upon which the emperor once more opened his mouth, and said, " Let them proceed to the residence of my physician, the Portuguese priest ; let him examine whether they can be useful to me in that line, and report accordingly.
Página 63 - Nearly all the world, your majesty, believe in an eternal God, all, except Burmah and Siam, these little spots ! " His majesty remained silent, and after some other desultory inquiries, he abruptly arose, and retired.
Página 117 - Scriptures, be instructed to endeavor, by earnest prayer and diligent study, to ascertain the exact meaning of the original text ; to express that meaning, as exactly as the nature of the languages into which they shall translate the Bible will permit; and to transfer no words which are capable of being literally translated.
Página 21 - The General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions," popularly known as the Triennial Convention.
Página 49 - ... that royal permission be given that we, taking refuge in the royal power, may preach our religion in these dominions, and that those who are pleased with our preaching, and wish to listen to and be guided by it, -whether foreigners or Burmans, may be exempt from government molestation, they present themselves to receive the favor of the excellent king, the sovereign of land and sea.
Página 48 - What, you speak Burman — the priests that I heard of last night ? " " When did you arrive ? " " Are you teachers of religion ? " " Are you like the Portuguese priest ? " " Are you married ? "
Página 29 - For a European or American to acquire a living oriental language, root and branch, and make it his own, is quite a different thing from his acquiring a cognate language of the West, or any of the dead languages, as they are studied in the schools. One circumstance may serve to illustrate this. I once had occasion to devote about two months to the study of the French.
Página 34 - It is literally atheism. Instead of a Heavenly Father, forgiving sin, and filial service from a pure heart, as the effect of love, it presents nothing to love, for its Deity is dead; nothing as the ultimate object of action but self; and nothing for man's highest and holiest ambition but annihilation.