Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern AfricaJ. Snow, 1846 - 164 pages |
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... fire with the Hottentots , a native , who was with them , was so terrified , that he seized his spear , and running off to the field , hid himself , supposing they intended to murder him . A few days after , a young Kafir woman going to ...
... fire with the Hottentots , a native , who was with them , was so terrified , that he seized his spear , and running off to the field , hid himself , supposing they intended to murder him . A few days after , a young Kafir woman going to ...
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... fire , it acquires the consistency of wax , with which they cover the points of their arrows . telescopes , survey the plains beneath , either to dis- cover game or cattle , or to watch the movements of those whose herds they may have ...
... fire , it acquires the consistency of wax , with which they cover the points of their arrows . telescopes , survey the plains beneath , either to dis- cover game or cattle , or to watch the movements of those whose herds they may have ...
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... fire - arms ; to act not only on the defensive , but offensive also ; and Africaner , who had been signally expert in re- capturing stolen cattle from the Bushmen pirates , now refused to comply with the command of the master , who was ...
... fire - arms ; to act not only on the defensive , but offensive also ; and Africaner , who had been signally expert in re- capturing stolen cattle from the Bushmen pirates , now refused to comply with the command of the master , who was ...
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... known , single - handed , to overtake a party of twenty pos- sessing fire - arms , and only retired when his musket was shot to pieces in his hand . On one occasion 22 NICHOLAS BEREND - MISSIONARIES SETTLE AT WARM BATH .
... known , single - handed , to overtake a party of twenty pos- sessing fire - arms , and only retired when his musket was shot to pieces in his hand . On one occasion 22 NICHOLAS BEREND - MISSIONARIES SETTLE AT WARM BATH .
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... fire to the houses and huts , which were soon reduced to ashes ; and thus the light of Divine truth , which had just been enkindled in those gloomy regions , was extinguished for a season , and a peaceful Zion reduced to a heap of ...
... fire to the houses and huts , which were soon reduced to ashes ; and thus the light of Divine truth , which had just been enkindled in those gloomy regions , was extinguished for a season , and a peaceful Zion reduced to a heap of ...
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Page 79 - 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 39 - 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...
Page 50 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 8 - 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 161 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 149 - 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 160 - God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved ; " so he had now another error to oppose.
Page 80 - And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Page 135 - Seeing some individuals employed on the ground under its shade, and the conical points of what looked like houses in miniature protruding through its evergreen foliage, I proceeded thither, and found that the tree was inhabited by several families of Bakones, the aborigines of the country. I ascended by the notched trunk, and found, to my amazement, no less than seventeen of these aerial abodes, and three others unfinished. On reaching the topmost hut, about thirty feet from the ground, I entered,...
Page 9 - 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.