Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... BY DANIEL C. EDDY . " But there are deeds which should not pass away , And names that must not wither . " BOSTON : TICKNOR , REED , AND FIELDS . · M D CCC L. BV 3703 .E42 1850 Entered according to Act of Congress HEROINES.
... BY DANIEL C. EDDY . " But there are deeds which should not pass away , And names that must not wither . " BOSTON : TICKNOR , REED , AND FIELDS . · M D CCC L. BV 3703 .E42 1850 Entered according to Act of Congress HEROINES.
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Daniel Clarke Eddy. BV 3703 .E42 1850 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1850 , BY WILLIAM D. TICKNOR & COMPANY , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . BOSTON : Damrell & Moore ...
Daniel Clarke Eddy. BV 3703 .E42 1850 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1850 , BY WILLIAM D. TICKNOR & COMPANY , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . BOSTON : Damrell & Moore ...
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... entered into his daring scheme , convened a council of bishops and priests , and gave the sanction of the church to the wild enterprise . This council Peter addressed , and with all the elo- quence of a man inspired by a mighty project ...
... entered into his daring scheme , convened a council of bishops and priests , and gave the sanction of the church to the wild enterprise . This council Peter addressed , and with all the elo- quence of a man inspired by a mighty project ...
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... entered into her obligation . By the cross she has stood , her heart beating with kindly sympathy , her cheeks bathed in tears , and her lips vocal with prayer . The Macedonian cry has been heard , and from every nave , and alcove , and ...
... entered into her obligation . By the cross she has stood , her heart beating with kindly sympathy , her cheeks bathed in tears , and her lips vocal with prayer . The Macedonian cry has been heard , and from every nave , and alcove , and ...
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... entered upon a course of study at the Bradford Academy , and soon distinguished her- self as a quick and ready scholar . One of her fellow pupils remarks that " she seldom entered the recita- tion room unprepared . She seemed to take ...
... entered upon a course of study at the Bradford Academy , and soon distinguished her- self as a quick and ready scholar . One of her fellow pupils remarks that " she seldom entered the recita- tion room unprepared . She seemed to take ...
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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.
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