Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... scene is said to have been one of peculiar solemnity . The spectacle was an unusual one , and a vast crowd collected together . The spacious church , though filled to overflowing with excitated and interested people , was as silent as ...
... scene is said to have been one of peculiar solemnity . The spectacle was an unusual one , and a vast crowd collected together . The spacious church , though filled to overflowing with excitated and interested people , was as silent as ...
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... place of prayer . She found after retiring at evening from the gay and fascinating scenes of the dancing - room , that prayer and meditation were dull and tedious exercises , and concluded to give them up 8 HARRIET NEWELL .
... place of prayer . She found after retiring at evening from the gay and fascinating scenes of the dancing - room , that prayer and meditation were dull and tedious exercises , and concluded to give them up 8 HARRIET NEWELL .
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... scenes which could awaken in her soul emotions of contrition and repentance . On the 28th of June , 1809 , Miss Atwood listened to a discourse which was the instrument , in the hands of God , of again prostrating her at the foot of the ...
... scenes which could awaken in her soul emotions of contrition and repentance . On the 28th of June , 1809 , Miss Atwood listened to a discourse which was the instrument , in the hands of God , of again prostrating her at the foot of the ...
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... scenes will not be found , and where the farewell word will never be spoken . " There is a world above , Where parting is unknown , A long eternity of love , Formed for the good alone ; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to ...
... scenes will not be found , and where the farewell word will never be spoken . " There is a world above , Where parting is unknown , A long eternity of love , Formed for the good alone ; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to ...
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... scenes of youth and childhood , and go forth to toil and per- haps die among strangers in a strange land . Dark visions would often flit before her , and she felt how terrible it must be to sicken and expire on shores where no mother's ...
... scenes of youth and childhood , and go forth to toil and per- haps die among strangers in a strange land . Dark visions would often flit before her , and she felt how terrible it must be to sicken and expire on shores where no mother's ...
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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.