Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, A.M.: Late Missionary to PalestineAccount of P. Fisk's journeys in Middle East 1819-1825, visiting Smyrna, Chios, Asia Minor, Malta, Egypt, Jerusalem, Beirut. |
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Page ix
... four Rabbies - Catholic convent - Ill temper of a curate Coptic convent -- Interview at the Danish consul's - Excitement created - Visit to Ro- setta - Mouth of the Nile - Passage to Cairo - Labors in that city - Visit to a Jewish ...
... four Rabbies - Catholic convent - Ill temper of a curate Coptic convent -- Interview at the Danish consul's - Excitement created - Visit to Ro- setta - Mouth of the Nile - Passage to Cairo - Labors in that city - Visit to a Jewish ...
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... four or five hours to spend now without inter- ruption in fasting and prayer , with immediate ref- erence to the great work of preaching the Gospel . The exceeding vileness of my heart , my great want of love to Christ , and compassion ...
... four or five hours to spend now without inter- ruption in fasting and prayer , with immediate ref- erence to the great work of preaching the Gospel . The exceeding vileness of my heart , my great want of love to Christ , and compassion ...
Page 71
... four years , and a half , ) I think may be considered very suitable . Should I be a missionary , I shall probably be able to engage in the work in my twenty - seventh year , if not sooner . No objec- tion , therefore , can be raised ...
... four years , and a half , ) I think may be considered very suitable . Should I be a missionary , I shall probably be able to engage in the work in my twenty - seventh year , if not sooner . No objec- tion , therefore , can be raised ...
Page 81
... four hundred missionaries among the heathen . Not more than one to a million . In this country , forty or fifty were employed last year , [ 1816 ] beside settled ministers . Probably several to every million of souls . Besides , I ob ...
... four hundred missionaries among the heathen . Not more than one to a million . In this country , forty or fifty were employed last year , [ 1816 ] beside settled ministers . Probably several to every million of souls . Besides , I ob ...
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... four years this day since the death of my dear Mother . Four years ago my father , brothers , and sisters , were watching with painful anxiety the symptoms which indicated her approaching dissolution . In the evening the ap- pointed ...
... four years this day since the death of my dear Mother . Four years ago my father , brothers , and sisters , were watching with painful anxiety the symptoms which indicated her approaching dissolution . In the evening the ap- pointed ...
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