This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...sister in America, he writes: "But I give it on the express condition that you appropriate part of it to purchase for yourself the life of Lady Guyon.... and I hope you will read it diligently, and endeavor to emulate that most excellent saint so far as she was right." Again, he wrote to a fellow-missionary: "As to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...sister in America, he writes: "But I give it on the express condition that you appropriate part of it to purchase for yourself the life of Lady Guyon.... and I hope you will read it diligently, and endeavor to emulate that most excellent saint so far as she was right." Again, he wrote to a fellow-missionary: "As to the other matter, the land of Beulah lies beyond the valley of the shadow of death. Many Christians spend all their days in a continual bustle, doing good. They are too busy to find either the valley or Beulah. 'Virtues they have, but are full of the life and attractions of nature, and (303) unacquainted with the paths of mortification and death. Let us die as soon as possible, and by whatever process God shall appoint. And when we are dead to the world, and nature, and self, we shall begin to live to God." Again, to the missionaries at Maulmain he wrote: "Particularly I would exhort brother Bennett to remember, among other things, the example of the Abb6 de Paris, who, after having tried various modes of self-denial, in order to subdue his spirit, and gain the victory over the world, at length selected a crazy man to be the inmate of his miserable hovel. Now, though I am doubtful about self-inflicted austerities, I am quite sure that evangelical self-denial eminently consists in bearing patiently and gratefully all the inconveniences and pain which God in His providence brings upon us, without making the least attempt to remove them, unless destructive of life or health, or, in one word, capacity for usefulness." The same pietistic vein may be found in the following resolutions, bearing date May 14, 1829: "1. Observe the seven seasons of secret prayer every day. "2. 'Set a watch before my mouth, and keep t...
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Add this copy of Adoniram Judson, D.D., His Life and Labours to cart. $75.32, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
