The Letters Of The Rev Henry Martyn Classic Reprint

Author : Henry Martyn
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ISBN 13 : 9781331031635
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Download or read book Journal and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B. D, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Martyn and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B. D, Vol. 2 of 2 January 1, 1807. Seven years passed away, &c. See Memoir, p. 226. And since this year will determine whether Lydia shall be given to me or no, let the Lord order it, so that whatever the event be, it may be finally good for our souls! Received this day a truly Christian letter from Mr. H. and was greatly delighted by it, especially by an extract which he sent me, from the Company's charter, authorizing and even requiring me to teach the natives. Writing on the parables. 2. Again changed my quarters, and employed as before. Visited the place of the school to see how the building was going on, and in my way met many of the Europeans taking their evening exercise. They seem to hate to see me associating at all with the natives, and - gave me a hint a few days ago, about taking my exercise on foot. But if our Lord had always travelled about in his palanquin, the poor woman, who was healed by touching the hem of his garment, might have perished. Happily I am freed from the shackles of custom; and the fear of man, though not extirpated, does not prevail. In the morning in prayer breathed fervently after a submissive spirit. Alas! when any measure of it is given to me, how seldom do I maintain it. 3. In heaviness through manifold temptations. Passed the morning in reading a work, of which a package had been sent here for distribution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.