Daughters of the Cross: Or, Woman's MissionDayton and Wentworth, 1855 - 250 pages |
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... friends while in this mood of mind , she is willing to admit that she has not had such an overwhelming view of the nature of sin as some have , nor of the ecstatic joy which some experience on conversion ; but she had what was as good ...
... friends while in this mood of mind , she is willing to admit that she has not had such an overwhelming view of the nature of sin as some have , nor of the ecstatic joy which some experience on conversion ; but she had what was as good ...
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... friends , which abound in words of holy and pious resignation . The manner in which her sire departed , his calm exit from the sorrows of the flesh , served to give her a more lofty idea of the power of faith to sustain its subject in ...
... friends , which abound in words of holy and pious resignation . The manner in which her sire departed , his calm exit from the sorrows of the flesh , served to give her a more lofty idea of the power of faith to sustain its subject in ...
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... friends , home and kindred , and going forth to preach salva- tion and tell of Jesus in wild and barbarous climes , was new and strange . To the whole matter she gave a careful and prayerful consideration . She divested the great ...
... friends , home and kindred , and going forth to preach salva- tion and tell of Jesus in wild and barbarous climes , was new and strange . To the whole matter she gave a careful and prayerful consideration . She divested the great ...
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... friends on whose judgment she had relied , shook their heads and gave decided tokens of disapprobation . But the question was finally set- tled . On one side were the gay world , her young associates , her kind relatives , her own care ...
... friends on whose judgment she had relied , shook their heads and gave decided tokens of disapprobation . But the question was finally set- tled . On one side were the gay world , her young associates , her kind relatives , her own care ...
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... friends and the scorn of foes ; but alike in duty and in danger fol- lowed the footsteps of her Savior , until her wasting body was decomposed and her spirit taken up to dwell with the just men made perfect . To a friend in Beverly she ...
... friends and the scorn of foes ; but alike in duty and in danger fol- lowed the footsteps of her Savior , until her wasting body was decomposed and her spirit taken up to dwell with the just men made perfect . To a friend in Beverly she ...
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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.