Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... seen grand enterprises commenced and carried on ; we have seen our fellow men gath- ering imperishable laurels , but never before did the world witness so grand a spectacle , with so high an object to be accomplished by mortals , as was ...
... seen grand enterprises commenced and carried on ; we have seen our fellow men gath- ering imperishable laurels , but never before did the world witness so grand a spectacle , with so high an object to be accomplished by mortals , as was ...
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... seen flowing with tears of pity ; nothing is heard but the moan of ocean , - nothing is seen but the sweeping surge , as it passes on leaving no track of the submerged vessel . Confined in towns and cities , enclosed in walls of stone ...
... seen flowing with tears of pity ; nothing is heard but the moan of ocean , - nothing is seen but the sweeping surge , as it passes on leaving no track of the submerged vessel . Confined in towns and cities , enclosed in walls of stone ...
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... seen on the banks reposing in the sun , or bathing in the waters of the Ganges , or diving beneath the surface for the shell - fish which are found there , while beyond , the country was seen in all the beauty of verdure and delight ...
... seen on the banks reposing in the sun , or bathing in the waters of the Ganges , or diving beneath the surface for the shell - fish which are found there , while beyond , the country was seen in all the beauty of verdure and delight ...
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... to God , some crowns brighter than others shall be seen amid the throng of the ransomed , one of those crowns will be found upon the head of HARRIET NEWELL . II . ANN H. JUDSON , OF BURMAH . NOTORIETY HARRIET NEWELL . 31.
... to God , some crowns brighter than others shall be seen amid the throng of the ransomed , one of those crowns will be found upon the head of HARRIET NEWELL . II . ANN H. JUDSON , OF BURMAH . NOTORIETY HARRIET NEWELL . 31.
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... seen In many a contrite and converted heart ; Fruits which might cause unbidden tears to start From eyes unused to weep ; because they told , Faith was their polar star , and God's word their guide . " And future ages will honor them ...
... seen In many a contrite and converted heart ; Fruits which might cause unbidden tears to start From eyes unused to weep ; because they told , Faith was their polar star , and God's word their guide . " And future ages will honor them ...
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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.