Was it Worth While?: The Life of Theodore Storrs Lee

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William Dana Street
Association Press, 1915 - India - 178 pages
 

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Page 57 - GOD gave all men all earth to love, But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should prove Beloved over all; That, as He watched Creation's birth, So we, in godlike mood, May of our love create our earth And see that it is good.
Page 56 - God gives all men all earth to love, But since man's heart is small, Ordains for each one spot shall prove Beloved over all. Each to his choice, and I rejoice The lot has fallen to me In a fair ground — in a fair ground — Yea, Sussex by the sea!
Page 121 - Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will: It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?
Page 32 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 162 - O let me feel thee near me: the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; my foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, draw thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.
Page 162 - JESUS, I have promised To serve thee to the end ; Be thou for ever near me, My Master and my Friend ; I shall not fear the battle If thou art by my side, Nor wander from the pathway If thou wilt be my guide.
Page 80 - Come, be men ! Come out of your narrow holes and have a look abroad. See how nations are on the march ! Do you love man? Do you love your country? Then come, let us struggle for higher and better things; look not back, no, not even if you see the dearest and nearest cry. Look not back, but forward!
Page 72 - From the unreal lead me to the real; from darkness lead me to light; from death lead me to immortality
Page 84 - India is being converted, the ideas that lie at the heart of the Gospel of Christ are slowly but surely permeating every part of Hindu society, and modifying every phase of Hindu thought.
Page 162 - O Jesus, thou hast promised To all who follow thee, That where thou art in glory There shall thy servant be ; And, Jesus, I have promised To serve thee to the end: O give me grace to follow, My Master and my Friend.

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