Life and Labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge ...F. W. Woodbridge, 1895 - 401 pages |
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... hand and those friendly , loving words , " Take care of yourself , Frances ; don't overwork . " While my own last words to her were : " Promise that not a day shall pass before you get extra clerical help in preparing for your annual ...
... hand and those friendly , loving words , " Take care of yourself , Frances ; don't overwork . " While my own last words to her were : " Promise that not a day shall pass before you get extra clerical help in preparing for your annual ...
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... hand kindly upon her head and said : " Mary , if you persevere you will be a notable woman . " This reminds us of the boyhood of Charles Spurgeon . Rev. Richard Knill once visited Rev. James Spurgeon , the grandfather of Charles . On ...
... hand kindly upon her head and said : " Mary , if you persevere you will be a notable woman . " This reminds us of the boyhood of Charles Spurgeon . Rev. Richard Knill once visited Rev. James Spurgeon , the grandfather of Charles . On ...
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... hand of God . Of other helpful providences we have yet to speak ; but we must not forget to note here that at the age of fourteen she passed from death unto life and became a loving child of God . F. W. WOODBRIDGE . ASTOR , LENOX TILDEN ...
... hand of God . Of other helpful providences we have yet to speak ; but we must not forget to note here that at the age of fourteen she passed from death unto life and became a loving child of God . F. W. WOODBRIDGE . ASTOR , LENOX TILDEN ...
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... hands . It was the first meeting of these two persons . Mary was nearly seventeen years old . The man , Fred- erick ... hand . Some nine months later he gave him something else infinitely more precious , even Mary . In this historic ...
... hands . It was the first meeting of these two persons . Mary was nearly seventeen years old . The man , Fred- erick ... hand . Some nine months later he gave him something else infinitely more precious , even Mary . In this historic ...
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... hand . For the first six years of married life Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge lived at Ravenna . Then the family moved to Newburg , now a part of Cleveland , O. , where for twenty years she lived the life of a cultured Christian matron , and ...
... hand . For the first six years of married life Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge lived at Ravenna . Then the family moved to Newburg , now a part of Cleveland , O. , where for twenty years she lived the life of a cultured Christian matron , and ...
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Page 79 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 280 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Page 282 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 23 - And now I see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine; A being, breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort; and command. And yet a spirit, still and bright With something of an angel light.
Page 393 - OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is, For gift or grace, surpassing this — • He giveth His beloved, sleep...
Page 108 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think : They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 36 - MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadow lies Like the dusk in evening skies ! Thou whose locks outshine the sun, Golden tresses, wreathed in one, As the braided streamlets run ! Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet...
Page 117 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 193 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 47 - Es leuchtet mir ein, I see a glimpse of it!' cries he elsewhere: 'there is in man a HIGHER than Love of Happiness: he can do without Happiness, and instead thereof find Blessedness!