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... toiled and suffered on heathen soil . They have been gather- ed from different denominations and sects , and form a galaxy of names as dear to the heart of Christianity as can be drawn from the records of earth . The object is , to give ...
... toiled and suffered on heathen soil . They have been gather- ed from different denominations and sects , and form a galaxy of names as dear to the heart of Christianity as can be drawn from the records of earth . The object is , to give ...
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... toil to discipline the heart to such sore trials ? Most certainly it demanded toil and effort ; and many a visit to the cross was made , and many a view of the bleeding Saviour obtained , ere she could turn her back on home and all that ...
... toil to discipline the heart to such sore trials ? Most certainly it demanded toil and effort ; and many a visit to the cross was made , and many a view of the bleeding Saviour obtained , ere she could turn her back on home and all that ...
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... toil . And such was the effect of the cross on the mind of Mrs. Newell . It sent her forth in all the love of womanhood , and sustained her until the close of life . It produced on her the impression that it made upon the dreamer Bunyan ...
... toil . And such was the effect of the cross on the mind of Mrs. Newell . It sent her forth in all the love of womanhood , and sustained her until the close of life . It produced on her the impression that it made upon the dreamer Bunyan ...
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... way down into a valley of darkness , through which many have followed . Her work was short , her toil soon ended ; but she fell , cheering by her dying words and her high example , the missionaries of all coming HARRIET NEWELL . 29.
... way down into a valley of darkness , through which many have followed . Her work was short , her toil soon ended ; but she fell , cheering by her dying words and her high example , the missionaries of all coming HARRIET NEWELL . 29.
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... toil of years ; and heathen- dom is assuming a new aspect . Under the faithful labors of self - denying men , the wilderness is begin- ning to blossom as the rose . Here and there amid the sands of the wide desert once parched by sin ...
... toil of years ; and heathen- dom is assuming a new aspect . Under the faithful labors of self - denying men , the wilderness is begin- ning to blossom as the rose . Here and there amid the sands of the wide desert once parched by sin ...
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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.