Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, or any other preaching. St. Paul did much good by his preaching, but how much more by his writings.
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The state of things in India begins to assume somewhat of an alarming aspect. Englishmen taking up arms against Englishmen Regiments arc called from Bengal, Bombay, and the Cape, to reduce the rebel army. Whereunto will this grow.Henry Martyn
I see no business in life but the work of Christ.
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It has always happened hitherto that whenever I have begun to feel an attachment to places, persons, or things, of a merely temporary nature, I have been carried away from them. Amen May I live as a stranger and pilgrim upon the earth. May we be brought to that better country where painful changes are known no more.
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How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?
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I should sometimes with pleasure resign the translations to others, that I might be more in the actual exercise of the ministry.
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Seldom a day passes but I thank God for the freedom from earthly care which I enjoy.
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