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 127
... travellers whom he had served as a guide . " Went first to see the ruins of an old monastery . The walls are still standing , as high as a four story house , and perhaps 150 feet long . In it there are now several Turkish huts . In ...
... travellers whom he had served as a guide . " Went first to see the ruins of an old monastery . The walls are still standing , as high as a four story house , and perhaps 150 feet long . In it there are now several Turkish huts . In ...
Page 155
... travelling , and al- most entirely from distributing the Scriptures and Tracts . At present I preach on the Sabbath , sometimes in English , and sometimes in French ; but I have only a few hearers . I hope the storm will blow over in ...
... travelling , and al- most entirely from distributing the Scriptures and Tracts . At present I preach on the Sabbath , sometimes in English , and sometimes in French ; but I have only a few hearers . I hope the storm will blow over in ...
Page 158
... travellers . Amid all the horrors and dangers of the present revolution , ships come and go ; trade is carried on to a great extent ; and Euro- pean travellers , though obliged to curtail their plans , and use extra precautions , still ...
... travellers . Amid all the horrors and dangers of the present revolution , ships come and go ; trade is carried on to a great extent ; and Euro- pean travellers , though obliged to curtail their plans , and use extra precautions , still ...
Page 173
... travellers of real and consistent piety have it in their power to do much good , and they actually do much good , and in a variety of ways , When all who bear the Christian name , come to exhibit in their lives the true spirit of ...
... travellers of real and consistent piety have it in their power to do much good , and they actually do much good , and in a variety of ways , When all who bear the Christian name , come to exhibit in their lives the true spirit of ...
Page 178
... travellers , who come into this part of the world , expend . It is , in fact , small when compared with what the episcopal missionaries in these parts re- ceive . You merely defray the expenses of your missionaries , and those kept down ...
... travellers , who come into this part of the world , expend . It is , in fact , small when compared with what the episcopal missionaries in these parts re- ceive . You merely defray the expenses of your missionaries , and those kept down ...
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