Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... she was one , and Faith gladly laid hold on him as the way of escape from an awful death . A wonderful change took place she losther love of folly and sin ; prayer was sweet again ; the Bible was drawn from its HARRIET NEWELL . 9.
... she was one , and Faith gladly laid hold on him as the way of escape from an awful death . A wonderful change took place she losther love of folly and sin ; prayer was sweet again ; the Bible was drawn from its HARRIET NEWELL . 9.
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... and pious resignation . The manner in which her sire departed , his calm exit from the sorrows of the flesh , served to give her a more lofty idea of the power of faith to sustain its subject in the hour of death 12 HARRIET NEWELL .
... and pious resignation . The manner in which her sire departed , his calm exit from the sorrows of the flesh , served to give her a more lofty idea of the power of faith to sustain its subject in the hour of death 12 HARRIET NEWELL .
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... faith beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere . " Nor had she a single doubt that her father had reached that world . She knew the sincerity , piety and devotion of his life , and the sweet calmness of his death . His ...
... faith beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere . " Nor had she a single doubt that her father had reached that world . She knew the sincerity , piety and devotion of his life , and the sweet calmness of his death . His ...
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... faith . The martyr at the stake , amid the curling flames , was supported by it ; the exile from home , banished to rude and savage wilds , loved it ; the prisoner in his chains , confined and scourged , tortured and bleeding , turned ...
... faith . The martyr at the stake , amid the curling flames , was supported by it ; the exile from home , banished to rude and savage wilds , loved it ; the prisoner in his chains , confined and scourged , tortured and bleeding , turned ...
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... faith to the most severe test . The voyage must have been severe but healthy discipline , and doubtless from it was learned many a lesson of grace and duty . As the snow - covered hills of her own dear home disappeared ; as the tall ...
... faith to the most severe test . The voyage must have been severe but healthy discipline , and doubtless from it was learned many a lesson of grace and duty . As the snow - covered hills of her own dear home disappeared ; as the tall ...
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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.