The Baptist Missionary Magazine, Том 17

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Board of Managers, Baptist General Convention, 1837

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Страница 227 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Страница 227 - Let the people praise thee, O GOD ; Let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase ; And GOD, even our own GOD, shall bless us. GOD shall bless us ; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Страница 227 - O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: For thou shalt judge the people righteously, And govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, 0 God ; Let all the people praise thee.
Страница 227 - Him ; and in that love one to another which suffereth long and is kind ; envieth not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the Truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things, and never faileth.
Страница 52 - In some dark recesses, bats were heard, and seemed numerous, but could not be seen. Here and there are models of temples, kyoungs, &c., some not larger than a half bushel, and some ten or fifteen feet square, absolutely filled with small idols, heaped promiscuously one upon another. As we followed the paths which wound among the groups of figures and models, every new aspect of the cave presented new multitudes of images. A ship of five hundred tons could not carry away the half of them.
Страница 52 - This beautiful expanse of water, about a mile in breadth, fills the defile, and meanders between the mountains for some miles. The way to it from the fall is by a path winding along the foot of the mountain, and leading to a cottage, where you may take a boat, and cross to a bold promontory opposite. There, seated in the shade, you may enjoy the view of the waters, of the bordering mountains, of the...
Страница 204 - I trust, the dayspring from on high has visited them; to give light to them that sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide their feet into the way of peace.
Страница 53 - Now, and several times before, I addressed them officially, through Mr. Judson, examining into their degrees of religious knowledge, and leaving them various injunctions relating both to temporal and eternal things. In the afternoon, we met again, and, after religious exercises, walked in procession to the water side, where, after singing and prayer, I baptized the candidates in the name of the Holy Three. The river was perfectly serene, and the shore a clean sand. One of those lofty mountains which...
Страница 99 - ... pick the grass from the crevices; dogs and crows straggle around the altars, and devour the recent offerings ; the great bells utter their frequent tones; and the mutter of praying voices makes a hum like the buzzing of an exchange.
Страница 28 - ... abound. My little cutter is superior in all those respects to the Burman vessels, which I expect generally to sail in from place to place. I can stand up in the cabin, while in those one can only sit, and that on the floor. I have a little quarter-deck, which they know nothing of. And we have an iron anchor, while theirs is but a piece of wood, shaped like a fish-hook On the score of insects, too, I am informed that my condition is far better. In the latter point, however, I can by no means boast....

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