The Missionary Convention at Jerusalem: Or, An Exhibition of the Claims of the World to the Gospel

David Abeel

John S. Taylor, 1838 - Missions - 244 pages

Contents

• PREPACE: v
• Speech of an Oriental his own ignorance especially: 17
• An Englishman Attempts to reconcile the discrepan: 23
• German to his: 29
• A native of India of European parents Reaction: 38
• Layman of education who had two sons Missiona: 49
• A Christian who knew very little of Missions and took: 55
• A minister who was once going to the heathen: 63
• Third day Subject of the day sectarian distinc: 83
• Liberalminded Christian How sects might act: 91
• Objections to Missions by a Millenarian answered: 102
• A returned missionary his personal history: 107
• A minister who had married a wife and could not: 118
• Secretary of a missionary society Compares: 130
• Professor of theology approves the most liberal: 139
• President of a college Young men who have: 146
• The next principle Speech of a physician who: 159
• A merchant how brought to think and act cor: 166
• giving liberally Motives: 172
• A Christian of reduced fortune The duty: 180
• A surgeon of a ship Female usefulness Letter: 186
• The next principle The principal speaker was: 193
• Sixth day Miscellaneous addresses and appeals: 202
• Caffree chief Power of the gospel among: 214
• A Chinese How far China is open and what: 221
• A convert from a corrupt branch of the Christian: 229
• An officer of the Indian army The collateral: 235

Popular passages

Page 64 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.

Page 15 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...

Page 170 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.

Page 47 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Page 15 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name; for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee : for thy judgments are made manifest.

Page 42 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Page 233 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Page 13 - ... delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son ; as having redemption through Christ's blood, and the forgiveness of sins.

Page 57 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Page 42 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Missionary Convention at Jerusalem: Or, An Exhibition of the Claims of the World to the Gospel
• Author: David Abeel
• Publisher: John S. Taylor, 1838
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jan 9, 2008
• Length: 244 pages