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Page 152 - No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard and thought with sweet comfort and peace of my God, in solitude my Company, my Friend, and Comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ! When shall appear that new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness...
Page 117 - Kali is represented as a black woman with four arms ; in one hand she has a sword, in another the head of the giant she has slain, with the other two she is encouraging- her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies...
Page 44 - Mill, were undertaken by him some four years after his retirement from official life, in consequence of the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company...
Page 51 - As a representative of the educated community of India, — and I am entitled to speak on their behalf and in their name, — I may say that we regard British rule in India as a dispensation of Divine Providence. England is here for the highest and the noblest purposes of history. She is here to rejuvenate an ancient people, to infuse into them the...
Page 159 - ... Nor was this all. From the simple reading of the words that promise blessedness to him who loves and prays for his enemy, one youth was turned to the feet of the divine speaker, and became the fourth convert of the Mission. For days and weeks the young Hindoo could not help crying out, ' Love your enemies, bless them that curse you ! How beautiful ! How divine ! Surely this is the truth...