Memoir of Mrs. Ann H. Judson, Wife of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, Missionary to Burmah: Including a History of the American Baptist Mission, in the Burman EmpireG. Wightman, 1838 - 384 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 53 - Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity ; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good of others, no man can be good in the highest degree, who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good.
الصفحة 35 - If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
الصفحة 314 - ... the value and efficacy of prayer, I did at this time. I could not rise from my couch ; I could make no efforts to secure my husband ; I could only plead with that great and powerful Being who has said, " Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will hear, and thou shalt glorify me...
الصفحة 200 - He came forward unattended, — in solitary grandeur, — exhibiting the proud gait and majesty of an eastern monarch. His dress was rich, but not distinctive ; and he carried in his hand the gold-sheathed sword, which seems to have taken the place of the sceptre of ancient times. But it was his high aspect and commanding eye that chiefly riveted our attention. He strided on. Every head excepting ours was now in the dust. We remained kneeling^ our hands folded, our eyes fixed on the monarch. When...
الصفحة 202 - Something was now said about brother Colman's skill in medicine ; upon which the Emperor once more opened his mouth, and. said, " Let them proceed to the residence of my. physician, the Portuguese priest ; let him examine whether they can be useful to me in that line, and report accordingly.
الصفحة 284 - Where is the teacher?' was the first inquiry. Mr. Judson presented himself. 'You are called by the king,' said the officer; a form of speech always used when about to arrest a criminal. The spotted man instantly seized Mr. Judson, threw him on the floor, and produced the small cord, the instrument of torture. I caught hold of his arm; 'Stay, (said I,) I will give you money.' Take her too,' said the officer; 'she also is a foreigner.
الصفحة 202 - We were next conducted two miles, through the sun and dust of the streets of Ava, to the residence of the Portuguese priest. He very speedily ascertained, that we were in possession of no wonderful secret, which would secure the emperor from all disease, and make him live for ever ; and we were accordingly allowed to take leave of the reverend inquisitor, and retreat to our boat.
الصفحة 338 - ... songs of praise to Him, who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. "It is also an affecting thought, that when sister M. was writing hers of the 24th of October, 1826, — that very day, perhaps hour, the object of her sisterly love was just becoming incapable of reciprocating the affectionate salutation. Her head was reclining on her arm.
الصفحة 158 - Have you seen any writings concerning Jesus ? ' I have seen two little books.' Who is Jesus ? ' He is the Son of God, who, pitying creatures, came into this world, and suffered death in their stead.' Who is God ? ' He is a Being without beginning or end, who is not subject to old age or death, but always is.
الصفحة 264 - The bread of which we eat, will yet ferment and rise. The water which we drink and bathe in, is the water of an unfailing spring ; and many will yet drink and bathe therein. Then all things will be regenerated and changed. Now we are strangers and pilgrims ; and it is my desire, without adhering to the things of this world, but longing for my native abode, to consider and inquire, how long I must...