...are able through violence and cruelty to maintain their point, and the testimony of the Scripture, that 'the dark places of the earth, are full of the habitations of cruelty' finds in their case an awful verification. LETTER OF REV RW NEWLAND, ENCOUNTER BAY, 8 DECEMBER 1840,...

...has resulted, we trust, in opening the eyes of Christians to their true character. The Bible declares that the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty, and we have seen how true this description is of the people of India. We need no better evidence that...

...approbation, of heathen religions'. 62 This 'grievous folly', however, has now ceased, and no one denies that 'the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty', and that the heathen are 'without understanding, ... implacable, unmerciful'. The natives of India...

...a mountain path: "We can not wonder that such things happen in Africa; for the same Bible tells us that 'the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.' If these children had learned the holy words, 'Honor thy father and mother,' they would not have left...

...knowledge in these favored days, how little is its effect on mankind generally! How true is it still that "the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty" (Psalm 74:20). The spread of knowledge does not secure the improvement of the world. Righteousness...

...they often prayed this short prayer ! Infani Harder among the South Sea Islanderi. The Bible tells us, that "the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty," and accordingly we find, that wherever the light of the Gospel has not yet come, cruelty and wickedness...

...who had been sent out returned with startling comfirmations of the Biblical account which declares that " the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." Graphic recitals of the terrors of Juggernaut and the Suttee, of ferocious cannibals in islands fair...

...radiation of Truth. Surely there is great need of the light of Truth, for we are told in the Psalms that "the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." Such conditions prevail wherever the light of Truth docs not shine, for mortals are doomed to cruel...

...captain and the crew of the long-boat ? They had fallen among the heathen, and had, indeed, experienced that "the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." At first, as I mentioned above, they treated them kindly. But they had not learned, " Thou shall not...

...purity and strength were alone to be found in the wild mountain districts. The sacred record assures us that "the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty ;" but how far this " cruelty" which abounds is exotic, or indigenous in its character, we may not...