The History of the Origin and First Ten Years of the British and Foreign Bible Society

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Tilling and Hughes, and sold by Hatchard, Seeley, and Arch, 1816 - Всего страниц: 527

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Стр. 420 - Nor can any inducement be wanting to those who remember the words of the prophet, peculiarly styled evangelical:— ' How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion,— Thy God reigneth!"—Isaiah
Стр. 73 - The British and Foreign Bible Society," of which the sole object shall be, to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment: the only copies in the languages of the United Kingdom to be circulated by the Society, shall be the authorized version.'
Стр. 112 - They beckoned to their partners which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them ; and they came and filled both ships, so that they began to sink.
Стр. 175 - If two of you shall agree on earth, as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father in heaven.
Стр. 499 - One song employs all nations, and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us.' The dwellers in the vale, and in the rocks Shout to each other,
Стр. 208 - them by a translation of the holy books into their own language. If obedience to the will of God be necessary to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience, I know not how he that withholds this knowledge, or
Стр. 480 - of good-will. What then? Notwithstanding every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached, and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.'
Стр. 75 - A Committee shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society, consisting of Thirty-six Laymen, Six of whom shall be Foreigners, resident in London or its vicinity, half the remainder shall be Members of the Church of England, and the other half Members of other denominations of Christians. Twenty-seven of the
Стр. 357 - That it is the peculiar and bounden duty of the Legislature to promote, by all just and prudent means, the interests and happiness of the inhabitants of the British dominions in India; and that for these ends, such measures ought to be adopted as may gradually tend to their advancement in useful knowledge, and to their religious and moral improvement.
Стр. 366 - has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter.

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