CHURCH MISSIONARY

GLEANER.

1842.

GOD BE MERCIFUL UNTO US, AND BLESS US; AND CAUSE HIS FACE TO
SHINE UPON US. .... THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH,
THY SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS.

THE CHURCH MISSIONARY HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE;
BY L. & G. SEELEY, 169 FLEET STREET; HATCHARD & SON, PICCADILLY;
NISBET & CO. BERNERS STREET,

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LONDON:

RICHARD WATTS, CROWN COURT, TE BAR,

The Glory of God

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Present state of the Holy Land, a proof of the Authenticity of

the Bible...

Self-denying Contributions.

Forty-second Anniversary of the Church Missionary Society.

Financial Position of the Society..

Desires and Exertions to relieve the Society from its Difficulties.. 57

Urgent Appeals for Aid, which the Committee have been com-

pelled to refuse

Conclusion of the Forty-second Report..

Hints for Subscribers to the Church Missionary Society..

Interest of an Aged Christian in Behalf of the Church Missionary

Society.

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Favourable Openings for extending the Knowledge of the Gospel, 82

Macedonian Liberality..

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The Need of Prayer for an increase of Grace

"God's Work must be done; and I may be dead!".

Account of the Observance, at Jerusalem, of the Anniversary of

the Destruction of the Temple

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The Need of Prayer in behalf of Inquirers & Sincere Converts, 121, 133

The Rule of Giving...

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Ignorance of Geography a cause of Indifference to the subject of

Missions.

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Solemn Considerations for the Close of the Year.

Scriptural Illustrations....

Poetry-"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven!".

Horrible Opinions of the Africans respecting the Slave Trade.

Urgent necessity for immediate Efforts in behalf of Africa

Testimony to the Value of the West-Africa Mission

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Account of Atshara, on the Niger-Defence of Idolatry, and Desire

Extract from the Report of a Committee of the House of Com-
mons on Western Africa

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Traits of Christian Character in Sierra Leone

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