Daughters of the Cross: Or, Woman's MissionDayton and Wentworth, 1855 - 250 pages |
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... looked upon as foolish and Utopian . Good men regarded it as utterly impracticable , and bad men condemned and denounced it as selfish and mercenary . The Chris- tian church had not listened to the wail of a dying world as it echoed ...
... looked upon as foolish and Utopian . Good men regarded it as utterly impracticable , and bad men condemned and denounced it as selfish and mercenary . The Chris- tian church had not listened to the wail of a dying world as it echoed ...
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... looked on the sub- ject at a distance , saw its dim and shadowy out- lines , prayed that their visions of a converted world might be realized , and wondered who would go forth the first heralds of salvation . Ere long the impres- sion ...
... looked on the sub- ject at a distance , saw its dim and shadowy out- lines , prayed that their visions of a converted world might be realized , and wondered who would go forth the first heralds of salvation . Ere long the impres- sion ...
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... looked forward to a meeting where parting scenes will not be found , and where the farewell word will never be spoken . " There is a world above , Where parting is unknown , A long eternity of love , Formed for the good alone ; And ...
... looked forward to a meeting where parting scenes will not be found , and where the farewell word will never be spoken . " There is a world above , Where parting is unknown , A long eternity of love , Formed for the good alone ; And ...
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... looked upon it in its true light . For a while her mind was in a state of per- plexing doubt and fear , and the thought of leaving her own land was terrible . While considering the conflict in her mind , we should remember that the ...
... looked upon it in its true light . For a while her mind was in a state of per- plexing doubt and fear , and the thought of leaving her own land was terrible . While considering the conflict in her mind , we should remember that the ...
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... looked forth upon the harvest , white for the reaper's hand , she hesitated not to consecrate on the altar of her God her services , her time , her life . When this decision was once made , she conferred not with flesh and blood . Her ...
... looked forth upon the harvest , white for the reaper's hand , she hesitated not to consecrate on the altar of her God her services , her time , her life . When this decision was once made , she conferred not with flesh and blood . Her ...
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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.