"word of life" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} word of life
  1. Synonym of the Bible Synonyms: the Bible [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-word_of_life-en-name-z6YhEALz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks

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          "ref": "1833 July 20 [1832 September 24], Charles Gutzlaff, “CHINA.”, in Episcopal Recorder, volume XI, number 16, Philadelphia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63, column 4; republished as The Journal of Two Voyages Along the Coast of China in 1831, & 1832, 1833, →OCLC, page v-vi",
          "text": "During the greater part of the last year, I visited, in a junk, the maritime provinces of the Chinese Empire, viz : Canton, Fo-chan, Chanttong in Pih che le, and Manchow Tartary ; and made a beginning with the distribution of the word of life. I entered afterwards into the service of the honourable East-India Company, and revisited Canton, Fo-chan, and Changtong ; saw Che Keang and Keang Nan ; went over to Corea ; and imparted the word of eternal life also to some Japanese, whom we met at Loo Choo, in the harbour of Napa Keang.",
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