South Indian Sketches: Containing a Short Account of Some of the Missionary Stations, Connected with the Church Missionary Society in Southern India, in Letters to a Young FriendJ. Nisbet, 1848 - Missions |
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affectionately Alleppie appearance attended ayah baptism baptized Barenbruck Black Town Blackman blessing boys Bramins Cape Comorin caste Catechist Câvery choultries Christ Christian Church Missionary Society cloth Cochin congregation Cottayam DEAR LUCY Dewasagayam distant district England English European faith friends girls give goprum Gospel grace heart heathen Hindoo Holy hope HORATIUS BONAR idol idolatry inhabitants instruction Jesus kind labour lady leave Lord Lord's Supper Madras Malay-alim Masulipatam Mavelicarč Mayaveram miles mind Mission Mohammedans morning native neighbours pagoda Palamcottah palanquin palmyra Pariar pass Peet persons poor prayer present Rajah received rest Ridsdale river Roman Catholics round S. T. LETTER Sâtankullum Schaffter Scriptures sent servants Shânars Síva sometimes Soodras soon soul Southern India spirit spot station Syrian Tamul Tanjore temple Tinnevelly told Tranquebar Travancore trees Trichinopoly truth Tucker village whole wife woman women worship young
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Page 92 - O GOD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ; Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home...
Page 3 - The Village Communities are little Republics, having nearly everything they can want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindoo, Patan, Mogul, Mahratta, Sikh, English, are all masters in turn; but the Village Communities remain the same.
Page 4 - They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds revolution; but the village community remains the same. This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the...
Page 147 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 3 - ... by the descendants of those who were driven out when the village was depopulated; and it is not a trifling matter that will drive them out, for they will...
Page 118 - He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe in that day.
Page 56 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 4 - This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through all the revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and is in a high degree conducive to their happiness, and to the enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.
Page 124 - Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.