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ABBEOKUTA amused Ashanti asked BERTRAM blessing boat BRADFORD WEST bungalow called chapel child China Chinese Christ Christian cooly dear children death Dominique elephants Emperor of Japan England English eyes father Fiji Fijian Ganesha groschen hand happy head hear heart Heathen HEATHEN LANDS heaven Hinduism Hindus holy HOXTON-SQUARE hymn idols India Japan Japanese Jesus Karens King labour lady LETTER lions little boy live look Lord Madras meet Mission Missionary MISSIONARY'S WIFE monkey morning mother Namaqua NAMAQUALAND native Nigger oxen palanquin poor porpoises pray prayer preaching PRINTED BY WILLIAM rats Riddle round Samoans Saviour SCHOOL AT BELIZE SCRAPS FROM CHINA sent singing snake soon South Africa speak STORY talk Teacher tell temples thank thee thing thou told took TRAVELLING IN INDIA Tutuila Upolu waggon walk WESLEYAN JUVENILE OFFERING WILLIAM NICHOLS word worship
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Page 188 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 118 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 74 - with children like these ? See'st not how from morning till evening He teacheth, and healeth disease ? * Then Christ said, " Forbid not the children ; Permit them to come unto Me ; " And He took in His arms little Esther, And Rachel He set on His knee : And the heavy heart of the mother Was lifted all earth-care above, As He laid His...
Page 92 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 73 - THE Master has come over Jordan," Said Hannah, the mother, one day ; " He is healing the people, who throng Him, With a touch of His finger, they say : And now I shall carry the children, Little Rachel, and Samuel, and John ; I shall carry the baby, Esther, For the Lord to look upon.
Page 55 - China, a little boy the youngest of three children, on asking his father to allow him to be baptized, was told that he was too young; that he might fall back, if he made a profession when he was only a little boy. To this he made the touching reply — "Jesus has promised to carry the lambs in His arms. As I am only a little boy, it will be easier for Jesus to carry me.
Page 150 - Word of life, most pure and strong-, Lo, for thee the nations long ; Spread, till from its dreary night All the world awakes to light.
Page 138 - To gather worshipers unto Thy shrine; To be the means one human soul to save From the dark terrors of a hopeless grave.
Page 89 - ... with the leaves of plants, eat wood, dwell in the wilderness, lie in holes of the earth ; are far removed from the converting maxims of the ancient Kings, and are ignorant of the domestic relations. Though born as one of the generation of men, I should not have been different from a beast.