Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... with deep and serious earnestness , " Shall we whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high , Shall we to man benighted , The lamp of life deny ? " depicted the wrongs and grievances of those who yearly sought HARRIET NEWELL . 3.
... with deep and serious earnestness , " Shall we whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high , Shall we to man benighted , The lamp of life deny ? " depicted the wrongs and grievances of those who yearly sought HARRIET NEWELL . 3.
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... now asked with deep and serious earnestness , " Shall we whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high , Shall we to man benighted , The lamp of life deny ? " And the answer has been given . The church has HARRIET NEWELL . 3.
... now asked with deep and serious earnestness , " Shall we whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high , Shall we to man benighted , The lamp of life deny ? " And the answer has been given . The church has HARRIET NEWELL . 3.
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... soul to the care of an overruling , superintending Providence ; but after commencing the practice of dancing , and beginning to attend schools where this vain practice was learned , she neglected the Bible , and thought but little of ...
... soul to the care of an overruling , superintending Providence ; but after commencing the practice of dancing , and beginning to attend schools where this vain practice was learned , she neglected the Bible , and thought but little of ...
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... soul in gloom . God withdrew his presence from his way- ward and disobedient child , and left her in sadness ; she had refused to confess her Master openly and pub- licly , in the midst of trials and discouragements , 10 HARRIET NEWELL .
... soul in gloom . God withdrew his presence from his way- ward and disobedient child , and left her in sadness ; she had refused to confess her Master openly and pub- licly , in the midst of trials and discouragements , 10 HARRIET NEWELL .
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... soul , no relief for her anguished spirit . She real- ized how bitter a thing it is to depart from the coun- sel of her Maker , and found momentary comfort only in the forgetfulness of what she had enjoyed . At this period conscience ...
... soul , no relief for her anguished spirit . She real- ized how bitter a thing it is to depart from the coun- sel of her Maker , and found momentary comfort only in the forgetfulness of what she had enjoyed . At this period conscience ...
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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.