How Long to Read The Life of John Livingston Nevius; for Forty Years a Missionary in China

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of John Livingston Nevius; for Forty Years a Missionary in China?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 22 minutes to read The Life of John Livingston Nevius; for Forty Years a Missionary in China by John Livingston Nevius

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI FIRST TWO YEARS IN PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY JOHN NEVIUS reached Princeton about the middle of December, 1850, when the term had already begun. He found it hard to settle to work, and the first entries in his journal show some discouragement. On the 2oth of December, 1850, he wrote: "Nearly a week has passed since I came to Princeton; and is this week to be an index to my future? I am more idle and listless than I should have supposed possible. I wish I might run the Christian course without needing the lash. God help me to spend my time here so that I may be prepared in mind and heart for the work which is before me, and for heaven, and that I may not have to look back to this period of my life with regret." At the time John entered Princeton Seminary Dr. Alexander, St., was still there--an honor and a blessing to any institution. Dr. Charles Hodge was in the height of usefulness, and other professors were scarcely less distinguished. When John made his first call upon the aged Dr. Alexander he was surprised to receive from him a more accurate and extended history of the Nevius family than he had known before. Dr. Alexander told him of certain families living in the neighborhood who must be related to him, and whose acquaintance it would be well for him to make. On January 10, 1851, he says in his journal: "lintendedto write more about Dr. Addison Alexander's and Dr. James Alexander's lectures. . . . Dr. James has spent some time on 'emphasis and inflection.' I have come to the conclusion that if a person has not enough taste and discrimination to make rules for himself, he will not have enough to apply those of others. They appear to me, with the exception of a few fundamental ones, to be very arbitrary; and I think...

How long is The Life of John Livingston Nevius; for Forty Years a Missionary in China?

The Life of John Livingston Nevius; for Forty Years a Missionary in China by John Livingston Nevius is 138 pages long, and a total of 35,604 words.

This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 14 minutes to read The Life of John Livingston Nevius; for Forty Years a Missionary in China aloud.

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