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Page 291 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 92 - AVENGE, O Lord, Thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them, who kept Thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not. In Thy book record their groans, Who were Thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills, and they To Heaven.
Page 170 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead : so that they are without excuse. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened : professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
Page 1 - Let there be light" 2 Thou, who didst come to bring, On thy redeeming wing, Healing and sight, Health to the sick in mind, Sight to the inly blind, Oh, now to all mankind
Page 293 - To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Page 311 - ... the government of the East India Company, as inflicts on any person forfeiture of rights or property, or may be held in any way to impair or affect any right of inheritance, by reason of his or her renouncing, or having been excluded from the communion of any religion, or being deprived of caste, shall cease to be enforced as law in the courts of the East India Company, and in the courts established by royal charter within the said territories.
Page 384 - ... not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Page 51 - He made heaven and earth, and the lift (that is, the sky), and all that belongs to them ; and what is most, he made man, and gave him a soul that shall live and never perish, though the body rot to mould or burn to ashes.
Page 267 - The state of the Missionary work in Tinnovelly, the most Southern Province in India, is well set forth in a Statement, signed by 13 English and 13 native Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel — lately presented to his Excellency, Sir W.
Page 436 - Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness, — Grant them, Lord ! the glorious light , And, from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night ; And redemption, Freely purchased, win the day. 3 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel ! Win and conquer, never cease ; May thy lasting, wide dominions, Multiply and still increase ; Sway thy sceptre, Saviour ! all the world around.