Daughters of the Cross: Or, Woman's MissionDayton and Wentworth, 1855 - 250 pages |
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... feelings for a while , she yielded herself in sweet submission to the will of God . The account which she gives of her own exercises of mind , while in this condition , fur- nishes us with a view of her real character . Her religious ...
... feelings for a while , she yielded herself in sweet submission to the will of God . The account which she gives of her own exercises of mind , while in this condition , fur- nishes us with a view of her real character . Her religious ...
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... feelings . At one time the sacrifice , the toil , the labor , and self - denial of a missionary life would rise up before her . She would feel how great the trial must be to leave all the endeared scenes of youth and childhood , and go ...
... feelings . At one time the sacrifice , the toil , the labor , and self - denial of a missionary life would rise up before her . She would feel how great the trial must be to leave all the endeared scenes of youth and childhood , and go ...
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... feelings , but also of the incidents that rendered the voyage pleasant or painful and checkered it with evil or good . And such incidents there are always . When on the ocean , far from land , for the first time , the dullest and most ...
... feelings , but also of the incidents that rendered the voyage pleasant or painful and checkered it with evil or good . And such incidents there are always . When on the ocean , far from land , for the first time , the dullest and most ...
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... feelings of her heart , and proved to all around her that death had lost dominion over her ; that the grave had secured no victory ; and when she met the terrors of one and the silence of the other , it was as the conqueror meets his ...
... feelings of her heart , and proved to all around her that death had lost dominion over her ; that the grave had secured no victory ; and when she met the terrors of one and the silence of the other , it was as the conqueror meets his ...
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... feelings of these heroic women were raised above suspicion , and now they are en- veloped in a flood of glory . " They left not home to cross the briny sea With the proud conqueror's ambitious aim , To wrong the guiltless , to enslave ...
... feelings of these heroic women were raised above suspicion , and now they are en- veloped in a flood of glory . " They left not home to cross the briny sea With the proud conqueror's ambitious aim , To wrong the guiltless , to enslave ...
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Page 75 - 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 84 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 201 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away! What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Page 90 - 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.
Page 14 - 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 86 - It has omnipotence for its support. Jesus ' shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession.
Page 271 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 142 - For her my tears shall fall ; For her my prayers ascend ; To her my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall end.
Page 111 - 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 100 - 1! meet again? Oft shall glowing hope expire, Oft shall wearied love retire, Oft shall death and sorrow reign, Ere we all shall meet again.