Methodist Magazine and Review, Volume 57W. Briggs., 1903 |
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... seemed as if a great light suddenly shone on my dark heart , and an assurance was given me that God accepted me through Jesus Christ . I was so happy that whether I walked home or floated through the air I cannot say . " His First ...
... seemed as if a great light suddenly shone on my dark heart , and an assurance was given me that God accepted me through Jesus Christ . I was so happy that whether I walked home or floated through the air I cannot say . " His First ...
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... seemed greater than to - day , but suddenly the news flashed over the cable that Hugh Price Hughes is dead , and the best known Meth- odist minister in the world , and the most influential man in British Methodism has ceased at once to ...
... seemed greater than to - day , but suddenly the news flashed over the cable that Hugh Price Hughes is dead , and the best known Meth- odist minister in the world , and the most influential man in British Methodism has ceased at once to ...
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... seemed to fill the heavens . It spread over the horizon as far as there were German camp - fires and German men . " We recognized then , " he said , " the power which had vanquished us was not the superior force of regiments , but that ...
... seemed to fill the heavens . It spread over the horizon as far as there were German camp - fires and German men . " We recognized then , " he said , " the power which had vanquished us was not the superior force of regiments , but that ...
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... seemed to have returned . He was dined and feted on every hand , had all his wits about him , and in- dulged in an endless flow of wit and satire was , in fact , a walk- ing lampoon . ' To a lady , who , anxious to secure the ...
... seemed to have returned . He was dined and feted on every hand , had all his wits about him , and in- dulged in an endless flow of wit and satire was , in fact , a walk- ing lampoon . ' To a lady , who , anxious to secure the ...
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... seemed to be crowding into each hour ninety minutes of hard labour . For , although he did not dare to say so to any one - pooh - poohed the idea , in fact , when other people only so much as hinted at it - he had high hopes of seeing ...
... seemed to be crowding into each hour ninety minutes of hard labour . For , although he did not dare to say so to any one - pooh - poohed the idea , in fact , when other people only so much as hinted at it - he had high hopes of seeing ...
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Page 46 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 394 - Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms.
Page 157 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 249 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done, In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won . Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the blossoms, the Blue, Under the garlands, the Gray.
Page 396 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 491 - Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Page 43 - And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Page 545 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 545 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 245 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!