Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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Page 64
... 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 for the ...
... 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 for the ...
Page 117
... five or six cents only per quart ; and except water , is the common drink of the country . " The weather is very hot , so that we cannot study so much as we could last winter . Except a degree of debility produced by the heat , we enjoy ...
... five or six cents only per quart ; and except water , is the common drink of the country . " The weather is very hot , so that we cannot study so much as we could last winter . Except a degree of debility produced by the heat , we enjoy ...
Page 118
... weeks . We are now five or six miles from it . We have two chambers in a good house , and live very comforta- * See 12th Annual Report of the American Board , p . 39 . bly , except that we are sometimes most sadly tor- 118 MEMOIR OF.
... weeks . We are now five or six miles from it . We have two chambers in a good house , and live very comforta- * See 12th Annual Report of the American Board , p . 39 . bly , except that we are sometimes most sadly tor- 118 MEMOIR OF.
Page 119
... five lads at our room to read the Scriptures . We have distributed a large number of Tracts , obtained at Malta and Smyrna , and they have been very gratefully received . There is a printing press on the Island , at which there are now ...
... five lads at our room to read the Scriptures . We have distributed a large number of Tracts , obtained at Malta and Smyrna , and they have been very gratefully received . There is a printing press on the Island , at which there are now ...
Page 120
... five years . At that time there belonged to it 700 or 800 students , and fourteen Instructors — one Professor of Chemistry and Rhetoric , one of Mathe- matics , one of Theology , Geometry , & c . , one of the Turkish language , one of ...
... five years . At that time there belonged to it 700 or 800 students , and fourteen Instructors — one Professor of Chemistry and Rhetoric , one of Mathe- matics , one of Theology , Geometry , & c . , one of the Turkish language , one of ...
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