The Karen Apostle: Or, Memoir of Ko Thah-byu, the First Karen Convert, with Notices Concerning His Nation

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Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1843 - 153 páginas

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Página 81 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Página 134 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Página 72 - Weep not for her ! Weep not for her ! — Her memory is the shrine Of pleasant thoughts, soft as the scent of flowers, Calm as on windless eve the sun's decline, Sweet as the song of birds among the bowers, Rich as a rainbow with its hues of light, Pure as the moonshine of an autumn night...
Página 145 - Of the several productions of Dr. Harris, — all of them of great value, — that now before us is destined, probably, to exert the most powerful influence in forming the religious and missionary character of the coming generations.
Página 146 - ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF MISSIONS. A Record of the Voyages, Travels, Labours, and Successes of the various Missionaries, who have been sent forth by Protestant Societies to Evangelize the Heathen; compiled from authentic Documents, forming a Complete Missionary Repository. Illustrated by twenty-Jive EnBrewings on steel.
Página 72 - Hence they will meet their end " sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust," " Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 143 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Página 148 - He fell gloriously at the head of his troops in the arms of victory — thirty-eight wild Karens having been brought into the camp of King Jesus since the beginning of the year, besides the thirty-two that were brought in during the two preceding years. Disabled by wounds, he was obliged, through the whole of his last expedition, to be carried on a litter ; but his presence was a host, and the Holy Spirit accompanied his dying whispers with almighty influence.
Página 122 - When the Karen king arrives, There will be only one monarch ; When the Karen king comes, There will be neither rich nor poor...
Página 148 - Boardman was a man of rare excellence, and his biographer, by a just exhibition of that excellence, has rendered an important service, not only to the cause of Christian missions, but to the interests of personal...

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