Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... whole life of Harriet Atwood . She became acquainted with Samuel Newell , one of the enthusiastic apostles of missions . He made her familiar with his plans and purposes , and asked her to accompany him as his co - laborer and companion ...
... whole life of Harriet Atwood . She became acquainted with Samuel Newell , one of the enthusiastic apostles of missions . He made her familiar with his plans and purposes , and asked her to accompany him as his co - laborer and companion ...
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... whole after career gave evidence of the wisdom of the divine arrangement . Had she been of different mould , she would have sunk ere half her work was done , ere half her toils were over . While at Bradford Academy , Miss Hasseltine be ...
... whole after career gave evidence of the wisdom of the divine arrangement . Had she been of different mould , she would have sunk ere half her work was done , ere half her toils were over . While at Bradford Academy , Miss Hasseltine be ...
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... whole attention , and per- vaded her whole nature . On the 5th of February , 1812 , Mr. and Mrs. Jud- son were married at Bradford ; on the 16th , Mr. Judson and his associates were ordained in Salem , and on the 19th , they sailed for ...
... whole attention , and per- vaded her whole nature . On the 5th of February , 1812 , Mr. and Mrs. Jud- son were married at Bradford ; on the 16th , Mr. Judson and his associates were ordained in Salem , and on the 19th , they sailed for ...
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... whole Baptist section of our Zion , inspired that sect throughout the land with a new and holy impulse , and originated the Convention , which now , under the name of the Mis- sionary Union , is doing so much for a dying world . But for ...
... whole Baptist section of our Zion , inspired that sect throughout the land with a new and holy impulse , and originated the Convention , which now , under the name of the Mis- sionary Union , is doing so much for a dying world . But for ...
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... whole heathen throng prostrated themselves with their faces to the earth ; the missionaries alone remained erect . After some conversation they presented their petition , and a tract on the being of God . The proud monarch read the ...
... whole heathen throng prostrated themselves with their faces to the earth ; the missionaries alone remained erect . After some conversation they presented their petition , and a tract on the being of God . The proud monarch read the ...
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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.