Henry Martyn: Saint and Scholar, First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812 |
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Abbas Mirza affected afterwards Arabia Arabic Armenian arrived beloved Bengal Bible Bishop blessed Brown Bushire Calcutta called Cawnpore chaplain Charles Simeon Christ Christian Chunar Church Church Missionary Society conversation Corrie dear friend dearest death delight desire Dinapore Divine England faith fear feel felt Gospel grace happy heart heaven Henry Martyn Hindustani holy hope India Ion Keith-Falconer Jesus Journal kafila Koran labours learned letter live Lord Lydia Grenfell Marazion Marshman mercy mind minister Mirza mission missionary Mohammedan moonshi morning native never night pain parasangs passed Patna peace Persian pleasure pray prayer preached reason rejoice religion Sabat saint Scriptures seemed sent Serampore sermon servant Seyd Shiraz Simeon Sir Gore Ouseley Society Soofis soul spirit Tabreez Testament Thee things Thou thought to-day Tokat translation Truro walked Word write wrote
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Page 309 - Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more. E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die. Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing thy power to save ; When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave.
Page 360 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 18 - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Page 320 - Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in himself...
Page 333 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 320 - And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Page 311 - Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 205 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Page 317 - I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Page 563 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them ; for he is Lord of lords', and King of king's : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.