Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... counsel , lead on her child to that high point of mental and moral advancement , from whence she could look abroad upon a fallen race , and pity human woe . Throughout life , Harriet Newell bore the marks , and HARRIET NEWELL .
... counsel , lead on her child to that high point of mental and moral advancement , from whence she could look abroad upon a fallen race , and pity human woe . Throughout life , Harriet Newell bore the marks , and HARRIET NEWELL .
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... look for advice . and counsel , friends on whose judgment she had re- lied , shook their heads and gave decided tokens of disapprobation . But the question was finally settled . On one side were the gay world , her young associates ...
... look for advice . and counsel , friends on whose judgment she had re- lied , shook their heads and gave decided tokens of disapprobation . But the question was finally settled . On one side were the gay world , her young associates ...
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... look upon his successful marches and battles , however much we disapprove his course , without something of admiration mingled with our abhorrence . There was a gorgeous glory which gathered around the charac- ter of that Emperor of ...
... look upon his successful marches and battles , however much we disapprove his course , without something of admiration mingled with our abhorrence . There was a gorgeous glory which gathered around the charac- ter of that Emperor of ...
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... look upon the bright side of every picture , and seldom spent an hour in tears over any imaginary sorrow . On the front of evils she generally discern- ed signs of good , and often while others were in sorrow , her heart was glad . Her ...
... look upon the bright side of every picture , and seldom spent an hour in tears over any imaginary sorrow . On the front of evils she generally discern- ed signs of good , and often while others were in sorrow , her heart was glad . Her ...
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... look and said , ' You are no longer mine ; I feel that I have given you up . ' To her husband , when speaking of the children , she said , ' I leave you with a great charge , but the Lord will be with you . ' To us who knew her strong ...
... look and said , ' You are no longer mine ; I feel that I have given you up . ' To her husband , when speaking of the children , she said , ' I leave you with a great charge , but the Lord will be with you . ' To us who knew her strong ...
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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.