Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern AfricaR. Carter, 1843 - 406 pages |
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... hyenas- Conversation with Makaba - An attempt at instruction - Makaba's astonishment at the doctrine of a resurrection - Great excitement -Tsusane's rebellion - His visit to the Kuruman - A stratagem- Tsusane's affecting end - Unfounded ...
... hyenas- Conversation with Makaba - An attempt at instruction - Makaba's astonishment at the doctrine of a resurrection - Great excitement -Tsusane's rebellion - His visit to the Kuruman - A stratagem- Tsusane's affecting end - Unfounded ...
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... hyenas , sometimes destroying his sheep and travel- ling appurtenances , and even seizing the leg of beef at his tent door , -though compelled to wander about in quest of lost cattle , and exposed to the perplexing and humbling ca ...
... hyenas , sometimes destroying his sheep and travel- ling appurtenances , and even seizing the leg of beef at his tent door , -though compelled to wander about in quest of lost cattle , and exposed to the perplexing and humbling ca ...
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... hyenas , jackals , and sometimes the lion himself ; all which come to prowl for bones when a vil- lage has been deserted . Next morning our first concern would be to find water ; and , taking our beasts of burden , we would seek the ...
... hyenas , jackals , and sometimes the lion himself ; all which come to prowl for bones when a vil- lage has been deserted . Next morning our first concern would be to find water ; and , taking our beasts of burden , we would seek the ...
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... hyenas , and other beasts of prey . We had scarcely ended our evening song of praise to Him whose watchful care had guided and preserved us through the day , when the distant and dolorous howls of the hyena , and the no less ...
... hyenas , and other beasts of prey . We had scarcely ended our evening song of praise to Him whose watchful care had guided and preserved us through the day , when the distant and dolorous howls of the hyena , and the no less ...
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... few small branches , when we found at least four hyenas looking on in a most daring manner , and resolved to attack us . Such as had both hands occupied , soon relieved one , and with stones A WET NIGHT'S LODGING . 121 scared them a little.
... few small branches , when we found at least four hyenas looking on in a most daring manner , and resolved to attack us . Such as had both hands occupied , soon relieved one , and with stones A WET NIGHT'S LODGING . 121 scared them a little.
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Page 202 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 29 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes." Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 28 - There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 371 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone...
Page 181 - Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 318 - Call upon me in the time of trouble, and I will deliver thee.
Page 93 - A region of drought, where no river glides, Nor rippling brook with osiered sides ; Where sedgy pool, nor bubbling fount, Nor tree, nor cloud, nor misty mount, Appears to refresh the aching eye : But the barren earth and the burning sky, And the blank horizon, round and round, Spread — void of living sight or sound.
Page 76 - In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Page 120 - No longer hosts encountering hosts, Shall crowds of slain deplore; They hang the trumpet in the hall, And study war no more.
Page 100 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...