Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country: In South Africa

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W. Crofts, 1836 - 412 páginas
 

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Página 307 - I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Página 292 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Página 193 - The fear of man bringeth a snare : but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Página 368 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Página 176 - Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Página 10 - My word that goeth forth out of my mouth . . . shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it".— Isaiah 55 : 11.
Página 73 - Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
Página 279 - His figure is rather tall, well turned, and active, but leaning to corpulency. Of dignified and reserved manners, the searching quickness of his eye, the point of his questions, and the extreme caution of his replies, stamp him at once as a man capable of ruling the wild and sanguinary spirits by which he is surrounded. He appeared about forty years of age, but, being totally beardless, it was difficult to form a correct estimate of the years he had numbered.
Página 262 - It is usual for the ruling chief, on his accession to the government, to be washed in the blood of a near relative, generally a brother, who is put to death on the occasion, and his skull used as a receptacle for his blood.
Página 305 - So sudden and so awful a summons from time into eternity speaks, in solemn accents, to every heart, — " Prepare to meet thy God." Oh ! that this afflictive dispensation may not be without a beneficial influence upon the lives of all in this...

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