Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... 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 , depicted the wrongs and grievances of those who yearly sought 1 HARRIET NEWELL, p.
... 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 , depicted the wrongs and grievances of those who yearly sought 1 HARRIET NEWELL, p.
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... gave way ; her sins , her broken vows and pledges , rose up before her in start- ling numbers ; her guilt hung over her like a dark mantle ; she felt the awful pangs of remorse , and was induced to return to that kind and compas ...
... gave way ; her sins , her broken vows and pledges , rose up before her in start- ling numbers ; her guilt hung over her like a dark mantle ; she felt the awful pangs of remorse , and was induced to return to that kind and compas ...
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... gave direction to the whole life of Harriet Atwood . She became acquainted with Samuel Newell , one of the enthusiastic apostles of missions . He made her familiar with his plans and purposes , and asked her to accompany him as his co ...
... gave direction to the whole life of Harriet Atwood . She became acquainted with Samuel Newell , one of the enthusiastic apostles of missions . He made her familiar with his plans and purposes , and asked her to accompany him as his co ...
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... gave decided tokens of disapprobation . But the question was finally settled . On one side were the gay world , her young associates , her kind relatives , her own care and comfort . On the other side stood a bleeding Saviour and a ...
... gave decided tokens of disapprobation . But the question was finally settled . On one side were the gay world , her young associates , her kind relatives , her own care and comfort . On the other side stood a bleeding Saviour and a ...
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... gave birth to a daughter , and became a mother . The sweet infant lived but five days , " blushed into life and died . " The day before its death , the rite of the church , by which the little stranger into this cold world was given to ...
... gave birth to a daughter , and became a mother . The sweet infant lived but five days , " blushed into life and died . " The day before its death , the rite of the church , by which the little stranger into this cold world was given to ...
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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.