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Page iv
Mr. Parsons fell an early victim to a disorder , to which severe hardship and an
unfavorable climate contributed . " Few men in any employment , even among
those who have been distinguished for their piety , leave so spotless a name as
was ...
Mr. Parsons fell an early victim to a disorder , to which severe hardship and an
unfavorable climate contributed . " Few men in any employment , even among
those who have been distinguished for their piety , leave so spotless a name as
was ...
Page 22
... soon after he arrived at Smyrna , — “ I beg leave to submit to you one remark ,
which seems to me important , respecting the qualifications of a missionary . It is
this ; More knowledge of languages should be acquired . Í say more knowledge ...
... soon after he arrived at Smyrna , — “ I beg leave to submit to you one remark ,
which seems to me important , respecting the qualifications of a missionary . It is
this ; More knowledge of languages should be acquired . Í say more knowledge ...
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... and not distinguished at first as a scholar , may in a few years , by well directed
and persevering diligence , outstrip those who once were before him , and leave
them far behind both in intellectual attainments and real usefulness . ' Mr. Fisk ...
... and not distinguished at first as a scholar , may in a few years , by well directed
and persevering diligence , outstrip those who once were before him , and leave
them far behind both in intellectual attainments and real usefulness . ' Mr. Fisk ...
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In these private interviews he was ever solemn , faithful , familiar , affectionate ;
and he failed not to leave the impression that he was a man of God . Respecting
the fruits of his labors no definite statements can be made . Under his unwearied
...
In these private interviews he was ever solemn , faithful , familiar , affectionate ;
and he failed not to leave the impression that he was a man of God . Respecting
the fruits of his labors no definite statements can be made . Under his unwearied
...
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How many mercies , how many afflictions ! How many idols must be torn away -
how many sins subdued - how many sufferings endured ! God is a kind and
faithful Father to his children . He will . -supply their wants , or leave them
destitute ...
How many mercies , how many afflictions ! How many idols must be torn away -
how many sins subdued - how many sufferings endured ! God is a kind and
faithful Father to his children . He will . -supply their wants , or leave them
destitute ...
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Page 50 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 330 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Page 432 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 402 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 404 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 309 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : then' grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 260 - My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 179 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 231 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us ; and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, A.M.: Late Missionary to Palestine |
| Authors | Alvan Bond, Pliny Fisk |
| Publisher | Crocker and Brewster, 1828 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 437 pages |
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