Improvement Era, Volume 5, Issue 1Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association., 1901 |
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... give me my clothes , I wish to get up . " Her husband told those who were watching with her , to gratify her , as in all probability it was a revival before death , and he would not have her crossed in her last moments . They did so ...
... give me my clothes , I wish to get up . " Her husband told those who were watching with her , to gratify her , as in all probability it was a revival before death , and he would not have her crossed in her last moments . They did so ...
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... give place to Mrs. Tuttle . The minister then requested her to sing a hymn ; she accord- ingly did so , and her voice was as high and clear as it had ever been . Having sung , she arose and addressed the audience as fol- lows : " I ...
... give place to Mrs. Tuttle . The minister then requested her to sing a hymn ; she accord- ingly did so , and her voice was as high and clear as it had ever been . Having sung , she arose and addressed the audience as fol- lows : " I ...
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... give you my last warning -to bid you all farewell , and beseech you to endeavor to meet me where parting shall be no more . " Shortly after this , holding up her hands , and looking upon them as one would upon a trifling thing ...
... give you my last warning -to bid you all farewell , and beseech you to endeavor to meet me where parting shall be no more . " Shortly after this , holding up her hands , and looking upon them as one would upon a trifling thing ...
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... Give me the eloquence of words which are prompted by the Spirit of the Lord . It is like sweet music in mine ears . It uplifts the mind to the contemplation of the infinite , and dignifies the soul with the graces of the angels . It ...
... Give me the eloquence of words which are prompted by the Spirit of the Lord . It is like sweet music in mine ears . It uplifts the mind to the contemplation of the infinite , and dignifies the soul with the graces of the angels . It ...
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... give him a sick lamb for a present . Though Harald had nursed the lamb carefully , it had died ; and with it went the boy's distant dream of owning a flock of sheep of his own . Thora was well and warmly dressed , although the day was ...
... give him a sick lamb for a present . Though Harald had nursed the lamb carefully , it had died ; and with it went the boy's distant dream of owning a flock of sheep of his own . Thora was well and warmly dressed , although the day was ...
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Page 41 - But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 19 - O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger and dirt, — Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt!
Page 18 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
Page 35 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 19 - But human creatures' lives! Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt,— Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. "But why do I talk of Death? That...
Page 19 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich !She sang this " Song of the Shirt !
Page 64 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 124 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.
Page 123 - Deliver the poor and needy : rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Page 19 - Work, work, work, As prisoners work for crime : Band and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand.