Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Lundie Duncan: Being Recollections of a DaughterRobert Carter, 1842 - 268 pages |
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... church . She also under- stood a conference between her medical attendants , who discussed by her bed the improbability of her surviving the night , and ( lookers on might well have been surprised , had they known the effect of this ...
... church . She also under- stood a conference between her medical attendants , who discussed by her bed the improbability of her surviving the night , and ( lookers on might well have been surprised , had they known the effect of this ...
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... church for a short time . I trust there are many gracious marks about her . ' The next winter , she , with trembling and humble anxie- ty , asked if she might be counted worthy to approach the table of the Lord . Her father told her ...
... church for a short time . I trust there are many gracious marks about her . ' The next winter , she , with trembling and humble anxie- ty , asked if she might be counted worthy to approach the table of the Lord . Her father told her ...
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... Church of Scotland by a long line of ancestors - some of whom had suffered persecution in her cause - though edu- cated in the most respectful attachment to her parent church , where she had learned all that she knew of the Saviour ...
... Church of Scotland by a long line of ancestors - some of whom had suffered persecution in her cause - though edu- cated in the most respectful attachment to her parent church , where she had learned all that she knew of the Saviour ...
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... churches of Christ with benignant sympathy . The close of the seminary in which her first year was passed , rendered it necessary to seek another . Her ideas of what that other should be , are thus expressed by her , to her friend Mrs ...
... churches of Christ with benignant sympathy . The close of the seminary in which her first year was passed , rendered it necessary to seek another . Her ideas of what that other should be , are thus expressed by her , to her friend Mrs ...
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... church - yard , that would soon cover all that remained of her ; and of the hope full of im- mortality that kept her heart from sinking . She pointed me , too , to the gathering - place of the church of the Re- deemer , which was ...
... church - yard , that would soon cover all that remained of her ; and of the hope full of im- mortality that kept her heart from sinking . She pointed me , too , to the gathering - place of the church of the Re- deemer , which was ...
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Page 164 - The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Page 237 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Page 217 - To me remains nor place nor time, My country is in every clime; I can be calm and free from care On any shore, since God is there.
Page 237 - In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them : in His love and in His pity He redeemed them ; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Page 55 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Page 211 - His love, in time past, forbids me to think He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink; Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review, Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite through.
Page 257 - LITTLE brother, darling boy, You are very dear to me ! I am happy — full of joy, When your smiling face I see. How I wish that you could speak, And could know the words I say ! Pretty stories I would seek, To amuse you every day ; — All about the honey-bees, Flying past us in the sun ; Birds that sing among the trees, Lambs that in the meadows run.
Page 253 - And so gay did the daisies and buttercups look, That I thought little lambs must be happy all day. And when I remember the beautiful psalm, That tells about Christ and his pastures so green, I know he is willing to make me his lamb. And happier far than the lambs I have seen. If I drink of the waters, so peaceful and still, That flow in his field, I...
Page 251 - Bring me your German village, please ! With all its houses, gates, and trees; Your waxen doll, with eyes of blue, And all her tea-things, bright and new ; Because, you know, you must not play, But love to keep the Sabbath-day.