...the northern part of the Madras Presidency, in 1837. The following furnishes melancholy confirmation that the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. After family worship in the morning, I walked out, intending to visit some of my congregation. A few...

...the plains of India are white with the bleached bones of the victims of its idolatry — in short, that " the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty," still, intoxicating drink is occasioning a greater waste of human life, in one year, in Great Britain,...

...destroyer of our race, and a painfully conclusive illustration of the truth of that word which declares, that the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. These heart-rending transactions are generally performed by the parents themselves, or some of the...

...them. How powerfully does the recital of scenes such as these confirm the declaration of Scripture, " that the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty !" And how strongly should it excite every Christian heart to plead with God speedily to fulfil his...

...notions of their valour, for that it was always mingled with much cruelty. The word of God said truly, that " the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty," Psa. Ixxiv. 20. " With untaught Indians," continued he, " revenge is virtue ; and to tomahawk an enemy,...

...had such thoughts about a poor lion , and to have treated him so barbarously ! It is true, indeed, that the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Brutes, as well as men, give proof of this. MISSIONS TO THE INDIANS IN GUIANA. NO. VIII. TKAVELLING....

...dreadful shriek, and fell senseless to the ground. But I forbear ; enough surely has been said to show that ' the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.' " III. The obligation to remove these evils by the dissemination of the Gospel was shown ; — liy...

...fix a deep stain of guilt upon this land ; and fully to exemplify the truth of the Psalmist's remark, that " the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." But, whatever were the crimes of the people, their conduct to Bishop Bedell affords a most instructive...

...will be carried by its possessors beyond the grave. It may still be said, with the greatest truth, that " the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of eruelty." Think, too, that, if they remain in their present condition, and do not love and serve Jesus...

...from these provinces, and was put to deatli by the Siamese authorities for the offence. Truly the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. At our Saturday evening meeting the assembly was much increased. More than twenty of the Pgwos, from the...