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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... side . Others , perhaps , might be found , who could testify to the same thing in respect to themselves . Such an example of Christian zeal and fidelity , is worthy the attention of every pious student . It evinces that much good may be ...
... side . Others , perhaps , might be found , who could testify to the same thing in respect to themselves . Such an example of Christian zeal and fidelity , is worthy the attention of every pious student . It evinces that much good may be ...
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... side to Christian sensibility ; and will survey with earnest attention the various tribes and classes of fellow beings , who dwell in that land , and in the surrounding countries . The two grand inquiries ever present to your minds will ...
... side to Christian sensibility ; and will survey with earnest attention the various tribes and classes of fellow beings , who dwell in that land , and in the surrounding countries . The two grand inquiries ever present to your minds will ...
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... ancient theatre , west of the town . It is a semicircular cavity in the side of a hill . The semicircle measures about 600 feet . Massy walls of granite are yet standing . " Went next to the amphitheatre . It is a REV . PLINY FISK . 127.
... ancient theatre , west of the town . It is a semicircular cavity in the side of a hill . The semicircle measures about 600 feet . Massy walls of granite are yet standing . " Went next to the amphitheatre . It is a REV . PLINY FISK . 127.
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... side of the plain . It is said to contain 10,000 inhabitants , viz . 8,000 Turks , 1,000 Greeks , and 1,000 Armenians . There are eleven mosques , and one Greek , and one Armenian church . Left a number of Tracts for the Greeks . At ...
... side of the plain . It is said to contain 10,000 inhabitants , viz . 8,000 Turks , 1,000 Greeks , and 1,000 Armenians . There are eleven mosques , and one Greek , and one Armenian church . Left a number of Tracts for the Greeks . At ...
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... side of it . At four we ascended a hill , and saw before us an extensive plain , through which the Hermus runs , and beyond it mount Tmolus extending to the east and west as far as the eye could reach . At the foot of this mountain ...
... side of it . At four we ascended a hill , and saw before us an extensive plain , through which the Hermus runs , and beyond it mount Tmolus extending to the east and west as far as the eye could reach . At the foot of this mountain ...
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