Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians

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Gould and Lincoln, 1853 - 418 sider
 

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Side 165 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Side 51 - ... respectable looking stranger came into our chapel and listened with much apparent attention to the discussion. After service he stopped to converse. He said that he and his ancestors had worshipped only one God, the Creator. He knew of Moses and Jesus and Mary, said he was not a Romanist nor Mohammedan, neither had he seen our books, but that the doctrine was handed down from his ancestors. He did not know where they obtained it nor for how many generations they had followed it. He is from one...
Side 99 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walks Of virtuous life, quite on the 'verge of heaven!
Side 143 - Come unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Side 77 - ... blessing and honor and glory and power unto Him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever and ever.
Side 51 - A few days since a respectable looking stranger came into our chapel and listened with much apparent attention to the discussion. After service he stopped to converse. He said that he and his ancestors had worshipped only one God, the Creator. He knew of Moses and Jesus and Mary, said he was not a Romanist nor Mohammedan, neither had he seen our books, but that the doctrine was handed down from his ancestors. He did not know where they obtained it nor for how many generations they had followed it....
Side 122 - ... primate of the East, so truly eminent both in his life and death. In his life he was an elegant writer of the Syriac and Arabic tongues, a poet, physician, and historian, a subtle philosopher, and a moderate divine. In his death his funeral was attended by his rival the Nestorian patriarch, with a train of Greeks and Armenians, who forgot their disputes, and mingled their tears over the grave of an enemy.
Side 346 - Lord help me to keep this confidence. Rev. Richard, Williams, a gentle and christian-minded man, treated me well. God would not suffer me to be destroyed. It is not by might or by power, but by the Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Side 26 - ... work he prays they may be qualified to pursue. If God calls me to leave them for his sake, he will take care of them. It may be the duty of others to go ; but would I let my neighbor die of hunger, because his rich brother ought to feed him rather than I ? No more can I let millions perish forever, because others do not give them the bread of life. I cannot, I dare not go up to judgment, till I have done the utmost God enables me to do to diffuse his glorv through the earth.

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