Forty Years in China: Or, China in TransitionR.H. Woodward Company, 1895 - 312 páginas |
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Página 296 - Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Página 173 - China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects re^x-ctivcly from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Página 83 - The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Página 296 - Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles to take out of them a people for his name.
Página 223 - And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.
Página 74 - Thus, without a God and without a world, invisible to us now, but hoped for, the glorious ideas of morality are, indeed, objects of approbation and of admiration, but cannot be the springs of purpose and action.
Página 304 - Yet, in striking a balance-sheet, he still concludes that the 'advantages derived from foreign commerce are not sufficient to make amends for the evils to which it has given rise. But the benefits which we derive from the teachings of the missionaries are more than we can enumerate.' He then recapitulates the publications of missionaries on scientific subjects, commencing with those of the Jesuit fathers of two centuries ago, and coming down to those of the Protestants of the present day ; and closes...
Página 304 - with the last years of the Ming dynasty, we opened the seaports of Kwangtung to foreign trade, doing a profitable business in tea and silks, receiving in return fabrics of woolen and cotten suited to our wants ; as well as clocks, matches, mirrors, and other articles of luxury.
Página 296 - And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
Página 67 - We make righteousness the standard ; the Chinese, humanity. We say, 'Is it right?' the Chinese, 'Is it kindly?' With us a man insists upon his ' rights ' and looks upon any infringement of them as wrong; in China a man rather considers his circumstances and what is to be expected in the case." "There is no harm in helping yourself to a little of what a rich man owns; but to steal from the poor is considered a great outrage.