Life and Labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge ...F. W. Woodbridge, 1895 - 401 pages |
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Page 58
... Lord , help me ! Lord , help me ! " She called upon a brother to pray ; then read a verse of Scripture , and began to speak - she knew not what . God , even her own God , fulfilled His promise , and put His own message into her anointed ...
... Lord , help me ! Lord , help me ! " She called upon a brother to pray ; then read a verse of Scripture , and began to speak - she knew not what . God , even her own God , fulfilled His promise , and put His own message into her anointed ...
Page 59
... Lord , they had sat still in the house until called . The Lord spake also unto the women of Washington Court House and they answered , " Rabboni , " and under His command they went forth unto the battle , retreating not therefrom until ...
... Lord , they had sat still in the house until called . The Lord spake also unto the women of Washington Court House and they answered , " Rabboni , " and under His command they went forth unto the battle , retreating not therefrom until ...
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... Lord to them as clearly as that call which was given to Paul in the olden time , and they go in that grace which overmastereth , to the feet of Jesus , rebuked , humbled , emptied , ready to realize that His feet was the highest station ...
... Lord to them as clearly as that call which was given to Paul in the olden time , and they go in that grace which overmastereth , to the feet of Jesus , rebuked , humbled , emptied , ready to realize that His feet was the highest station ...
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... Lord ; introduction of systematic temperance teach- ing in colleges and seminaries , Sabbath schools and day schools ; work among sailors and Indians , Chinese and colored people ; reading rooms and restaurants , until twen- ty - six ...
... Lord ; introduction of systematic temperance teach- ing in colleges and seminaries , Sabbath schools and day schools ; work among sailors and Indians , Chinese and colored people ; reading rooms and restaurants , until twen- ty - six ...
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... Lord . We sat in our churches and we failed to see why the word took so little root in the hearts of men , and it led us to the inevitable conclusion that that which works such misery , such sorrow , such evil in the nations should be ...
... Lord . We sat in our churches and we failed to see why the word took so little root in the hearts of men , and it led us to the inevitable conclusion that that which works such misery , such sorrow , such evil in the nations should be ...
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Page 81 - 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 282 - 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 170 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 284 - 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 25 - 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 395 - 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 110 - 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 195 - 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 49 - 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!
Page 175 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.