Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East..., Volume 26

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Church Missionary House, 1826 - Missions

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Page 54 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Page 97 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring : And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 147 - Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
Page 164 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 35 - God, from Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 88 - Our dear and respected bishop has left an impression behind him which, I think, will not soon or easily pass away. He interested himself about every minute circumstance of this beloved vineyard, accompanied me to my native congregation, visited my native school, and saw and conversed with many of the Christians who were introduced to him, with the affability and kindness which we had been prepared to expect.
Page 128 - the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession.
Page 32 - Pray ye therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page xvi - Devises of land, or of money charged on land, or secured on mortgage of lands or tenements, or to be laid out in lands or tenements, or to arise from the sale of...
Page 116 - Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear.

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