Griffith John: The Story of Fifty Years in ChinaA.C. Armstrong, 1908 - 552 sivua |
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able arrival asked baptized believe Bible blessing boat brethren Central China centre Chang-sha chapel character Chinese Christ Christian Church commenced Confucian Confucius congregation converts Directors doctrine duty earnest Edkins England evangelist faith feel felt foreign friends God's Gospel Griffith John Hankow heart heathen Heng-Chow Hiau-Kan high Wen-li Holy honour hope Hunan Hupeh I-chang influence interest Jacob John's journey Kiang-Si labours large number letter London Missionary Society look Madagascar Mandarin miles mind Mission months morning Nanking native assistants never officials once Onllwyn opium prayer preacher preaching present province rebels religious river Scriptures seemed sent Shanghai soon soul Sparham spirit Su-Chow Sze-Chuen tell Testament things thought told tracts translation treaty Treaty of Nanking truth village whilst whole William Muirhead wrote Wuchang Yang-tse Ying-shan
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Sivu 111 - Those who quietly profess and teach these doctrines shall not be harassed or persecuted on account of their faith. Any person, whether citizen of the United States or Chinese convert, who, according to these tenets, peaceably teaches and practices the principles, of Christianity shall in no case be interfered with or molested therefor.
Sivu 491 - Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : Thou hast anointed my head with oil ; my cup runneth over.
Sivu 441 - Ireland, the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the National Bible Society of Scotland : these invitations were accepted.
Sivu 284 - And let us not be weary in well-doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Sivu 111 - The principles of the Christian religion, as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good, and to do to others as they would have others do to them.
Sivu 286 - Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Sivu 261 - I have heard of men using the doctrines of our great land to change barbarians, but I have never yet heard of any being changed by barbarians.
Sivu 67 - Tien-Cheu ; for in the first are the handsomest people, in the second the richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins.
Sivu 252 - It is a duty which they owe to themselves, as well as to their Protestant fellow-subjects, whose good opinion they value, to endeavor once more to remove the false imputations that have been frequently cast upon the faith and discipline of that Church which is intrusted to their care, that all may be enabled to know with accuracy their genuine principles.
Sivu 85 - ... depends. Though not to be compared as a work of art with canals existing in the West, yet, even to this day, there is no work in Asia which can compare with it, and when first completed there was none equal to it in the world.