Wherever the Presbyterians had the opportunity for proselyting the Negroes they usually embraced it.
This interest in proselyting the Negroes was extended into other parts.
The accomplishment of the task of more thoroughly proselyting the Negroes, however, belongs to the record of other sects than the Anglican Church.
The emphasis of the northern churches upon instruction rather than upon mere proselyting immediately after the war, therefore, was not misplaced.
The Presbyterians, who welcomed the Negroes, moreover, were not much more successful in proselyting them.
After this denomination had won toleration in Virginia, its leaders experienced much less difficulty in proselyting Negroes than in the case of other communicants.
These Christian workers, however, cared not so much about proselyting as they did about education, the greatest need of the freedmen.
There were few Christians who did not look forward to the ultimate conversion of those infidels approaching the Caucasian type, but hardly any desired to make an effort in the direction of proselyting Negroes.
The terms of the peace of Vienna were soon forgotten by the Viennese government, and its proselyting Catholicism brought it again into collision with the Hungarian Protestants.
Or is it a method of proselyting by which the four brotherhoods hope to force the other branches of railroad workers into organization?
Christianity laid hold of this proselyting spirit, and sanctified it, to conquer the world to the faith of Christ.
Our membership is already up in the thousands, selected from the best blood of the Empire; for we do not confine our proselyting to the city.
Meanwhile the work of proselyting in the Eastern Atlantic states has become more active.
Two of the most intelligent English converts, who did proselyting work for the church and in later years saw their error, have given testimony concerning this work in Great Britain.
The elders had been pushing their proselytingwork throughout the States and in Canada, and the idea of a land of plenty appealed powerfully to the new believers, and especially to those of little means.
The Building Up Of The City--Foreign Proselyting The geographical situation of Nauvoo had something in its favor.
We shall see that this proselyting labor has continued with undiminished industry to the present day, in all parts of the United States as well as in foreign lands.
Valencia, which had the largest and densest Moorish population, was also the scene of considerable proselyting and of vigorous inquisitorial action.
Whatever proselyting zeal Protestantism may have had passed away with the early years of the seventeenth century.
A cheering sign of the earnestness and sincerity of religion in modern times is that there is very little proselyting now.
The bishop, I believe, was not a bishop, but a proselyting elder, or something of the kind.
Much proselyting is going on among them, with which one would take no exception if there was no denouncing of one another.
But the most conclusive evidence that the Americans are succeeding in their proselyting is that in one year a single denomination received as a donation from Chinamen $6,000.
Gloria proselyting the rich by showing them their selfishness, and turning them to a larger purpose in life, and Philip leading the forces of those who had consecrated themselves to the uplifting of the unfortunate.
Remove the temptation of the loaves and fishes in this proselyting endeavour and see how successful the effort is.
Above all, the immediate suppression of all proselyting among these people.
During these years of Nobunaga’s supremacy, the Jesuit fathers had been pushing forward their work of proselyting and had met with marvellous success.
As long therefore as Nobunaga lived, churches were protected and the work of proselyting went on.
Before we review the main activities of the constructive consulate or of the proselyting empire, we should have some notion of the character of the leading actor.
Proselyting and good management built up the town rapidly.
By the spring of 1831 headquarters had moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where proselyting had proved to be successful in both religion and finance.
Yet most indignantly they deny any attempts toward proselyting the pupils intrusted to their care.
A more common fault was the vulgar proselyting spirit which appears in the missionaries' reports ("Digest of S.
Coming with the highest pretensions to exclusive authority, its work was very largely a work of proselyting from other Christian sects.
With great modesty I attempted to show him how, in the nature of things, proselyting was hopeless, at least upon any who are really worth converting.
There is a shabby Americanism which prowls proselyting through Europe, defying its spirit or its beauty or its difference to swerve it from what it calls its patriotism.
Millions of money are expended for merely proselyting purposes, when if the first principles of civilization were well understood, a more liberal manner of teaching would prevail.
Being of the Nahua type, its origin has of course been referred to that inexhaustible source, the dispersion of the Toltecs, or to proselyting teachers sent southward by that wonderful people.
Meanwhile it was proposed in England thatproselyting in Polynesia be discontinued, since after sixteen years not one conversion had been effected.
Melville was profoundly stirred to loathing at these efforts: a loathing heightened by the later contentions introduced into Tahiti by the rival proselyting of French Catholic missionaries.
The fact seems to be," he said, "that there has been too much the air of proselyting in our charity work, and that has brought it into discredit with the class which we most wish to reach.
Both these facts gave the folk-hymn its wonderful proselyting power in the sixteenth century,--the latter gives it its importance in the history of church music.
The lyric inspiration, which has never failed from that day to this, began to move the instant the proselyting work of the Church began.
To resist this perversion of the divine art, orthodox songs were composed, and, as in the Reformation days, schismatics and Romanists vied with each other in wielding this powerful proselyting agent.
I am not aware that the "permanent order" against proselyting ever proved any serious embarrassment to the mission.
In 1842, they pushed their proselyting measures so recklessly among the Armenians of Ispahan and Tabriz, as to lead the Persian King, at the instance of the Russian Ambassador, to send them out of the kingdom.
To this fidelity and the complete network of secret organization which extended over the land may be attributed the marvellously long exemption which many of these ministers enjoyed in their proselyting missions.
As early as 1221 the Order formed establishments in Hungary, developing its proselyting energy from that centre, and thus taking the heretics in flank.
His proselyting labors were facilitated by his numerous writings in the vernacular, which were eagerly circulated from hand to hand.
The work of proselyting these people was too important to be intrusted to individual enterprise and too extensive to be successfully prosecuted by the heads of the Church only.
Brearcroft, and Bishops Gibson, Wilson and Seeker, the workers of the Society were aroused to proselyting more extensively among the Negroes.
In fact, the proselyting of Negroes in the colony was less difficult than in some other parts of America.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "proselyting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
