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 22
... seems to me important , respect- ing the qualifications of a missionary . It is this ; More knowledge of languages should be acquired . I say more knowledge of languages , rather than a knowledge of more languages . To have such an ac ...
... seems to me important , respect- ing the qualifications of a missionary . It is this ; More knowledge of languages should be acquired . I say more knowledge of languages , rather than a knowledge of more languages . To have such an ac ...
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... seems great , difficult , and responsible . I feel that I am very inadequate to sustain its labors . Young , inexpe- rienced , weak in faith , inclined to sin , how can I think of engaging in a work of such magnitude . How can I fulfil ...
... seems great , difficult , and responsible . I feel that I am very inadequate to sustain its labors . Young , inexpe- rienced , weak in faith , inclined to sin , how can I think of engaging in a work of such magnitude . How can I fulfil ...
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... seems to me much as it did , when I went to ' a raising ' while a boy . Sev- eral men would grasp a beam at once , and I had to hasten , or it would soon be out of my reach , and then I could help none ; so it seems to me now , and we ...
... seems to me much as it did , when I went to ' a raising ' while a boy . Sev- eral men would grasp a beam at once , and I had to hasten , or it would soon be out of my reach , and then I could help none ; so it seems to me now , and we ...
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... seems desirable to have them corrected now . Having made this statement , I most cheerfully submit the question , whether I shall offer myself to the Board or not . Asking your advice and prayers , that I may be disposed of in such way ...
... seems desirable to have them corrected now . Having made this statement , I most cheerfully submit the question , whether I shall offer myself to the Board or not . Asking your advice and prayers , that I may be disposed of in such way ...
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... seems proper to institute this inquiry , because , if I am deceiving my- self , I must perish , unless I discover the delusion . My eternal interest is at stake . I am now to inquire into my title to heaven . Come then , O my soul ...
... seems proper to institute this inquiry , because , if I am deceiving my- self , I must perish , unless I discover the delusion . My eternal interest is at stake . I am now to inquire into my title to heaven . Come then , O my soul ...
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