Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... dear to the heart of Christianity as can be drawn from the records of earth . The object is , to give a series of brief memoirs , in which the lives of faithful Christians shall be unfolded ; impart in- struction in reference to the ...
... dear to the heart of Christianity as can be drawn from the records of earth . The object is , to give a series of brief memoirs , in which the lives of faithful Christians shall be unfolded ; impart in- struction in reference to the ...
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... dear in this life , to labor and die far away over the rolling sea . And we doubt if any other motive can be found so powerful as this to move the Christian heart to obe- dience . There is an inexpressible efficacy in the cross to bring ...
... dear in this life , to labor and die far away over the rolling sea . And we doubt if any other motive can be found so powerful as this to move the Christian heart to obe- dience . There is an inexpressible efficacy in the cross to bring ...
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... dear home disappeared ; as the tall chim- ney at the entrance of the harbor , from which the nightly flame burned forth a beacon to the mariner to guide him amid the storm was lost in the dis- tance ; as the first night came on and ...
... dear home disappeared ; as the tall chim- ney at the entrance of the harbor , from which the nightly flame burned forth a beacon to the mariner to guide him amid the storm was lost in the dis- tance ; as the first night came on and ...
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... dear friend who stood over her , has given testimony to her composure amid these terrible scenes , in language like the following : 66 During the night she was supposed by herself and all present , to have arrived at her last struggle ...
... dear friend who stood over her , has given testimony to her composure amid these terrible scenes , in language like the following : 66 During the night she was supposed by herself and all present , to have arrived at her last struggle ...
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... dear sister , say on . ' She expressed much feeling for the poor Cherokees in their present affliction ; but said , ' They are in the hands of God , and he will order all things right . ' Speaking of her missionary brethren and sisters ...
... dear sister , say on . ' She expressed much feeling for the poor Cherokees in their present affliction ; but said , ' They are in the hands of God , and he will order all things right . ' Speaking of her missionary brethren and sisters ...
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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.