Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... attend schools where this vain practice was learned , she neglected the Bible , and thought but little of the place of prayer . She found after retiring at evening from the gay and fascinating scenes of the dancing - room , that prayer ...
... attend schools where this vain practice was learned , she neglected the Bible , and thought but little of the place of prayer . She found after retiring at evening from the gay and fascinating scenes of the dancing - room , that prayer ...
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... attended with many things to render it unpleasant to a feeble American woman , was not a severe one . The weather most of the time was pleasant , and only occasionally did the waves sweep across the decks of the vessel , or flow through ...
... attended with many things to render it unpleasant to a feeble American woman , was not a severe one . The weather most of the time was pleasant , and only occasionally did the waves sweep across the decks of the vessel , or flow through ...
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... attended such a life is swept away . It is to some extent a popular thing to be a missionary , although the work is still one of hardship and suffering . It is this fact which gathers such a splendor around the name of Harriet Newell ...
... attended such a life is swept away . It is to some extent a popular thing to be a missionary , although the work is still one of hardship and suffering . It is this fact which gathers such a splendor around the name of Harriet Newell ...
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... attend him . Here he remained three days , when the English advancing upon the capital , the order was given for the removal of the prisoners . They were hurried away without warning , and Mrs. Judson was left in a state bordering on ...
... attend him . Here he remained three days , when the English advancing upon the capital , the order was given for the removal of the prisoners . They were hurried away without warning , and Mrs. Judson was left in a state bordering on ...
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... attended with many circumstances well calculated to mitigate the anguish of the parting hour . She left kind friends behind ; a husband and his motherless children stood weeping over her grave ; but they had hope , they were consoled ...
... attended with many circumstances well calculated to mitigate the anguish of the parting hour . She left kind friends behind ; a husband and his motherless children stood weeping over her grave ; but they had hope , they were consoled ...
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Page 203 - Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas...
Page 92 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 81 - For Him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown His head ; His name like sweet perfume shall rise With every morning sacrifice.
Page 6 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb, for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 309 - God o'erhead ! /!Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 133 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 81 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 119 - Welcome to a Land of Rest ! Thus the choir of angels sing, As they bear the soul on high, While with hallelujahs ring All the regions of the sky.
Page 141 - Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb; Take this new treasure to thy trust, And give these sacred relics room Awhile to slumber in the dust.
Page 98 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.