Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... strange . To the whole matter she gave a careful and prayerful consideration . She divested the great subject as far as possible from all romantic drapery , and looked upon it in its true light . For a while her mind was in a state of ...
... strange . To the whole matter she gave a careful and prayerful consideration . She divested the great subject as far as possible from all romantic drapery , and looked upon it in its true light . For a while her mind was in a state of ...
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... 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 kind hand could lift her anguished head nor smooth her fevered pillow . But at other times ...
... 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 kind hand could lift her anguished head nor smooth her fevered pillow . But at other times ...
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... was several months ere she had resolved to go . She was at times fearful that her disposition for what was in itself romantic and strange , would bias her judgment and lead her to pursue a course which she should 40 ANN H. JUDSON .
... was several months ere she had resolved to go . She was at times fearful that her disposition for what was in itself romantic and strange , would bias her judgment and lead her to pursue a course which she should 40 ANN H. JUDSON .
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... , forming little villages , which delight the eye and give beauty to the prospect . Every thing , to a native of Europe or America , is unique and strange , and has an air of richness and productiveness which surprises 132 SARAH L. SMITH .
... , forming little villages , which delight the eye and give beauty to the prospect . Every thing , to a native of Europe or America , is unique and strange , and has an air of richness and productiveness which surprises 132 SARAH L. SMITH .
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... strange customs of the people , to interest and please ; and all her letters give evidence that in that spot she found a home , where she could labor with pleasure to herself and profit to others around her . But she was not destined to ...
... strange customs of the people , to interest and please ; and all her letters give evidence that in that spot she found a home , where she could labor with pleasure to herself and profit to others around her . But she was not destined 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.