Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... her cup and went out into the tall grass of the meadow to pick strawberries . She put her cup down some- where and lost it . She was heard to pray : " Jesus , help me to find my cup and I will never 12 CLARA LEFFINGWELL.
... her cup and went out into the tall grass of the meadow to pick strawberries . She put her cup down some- where and lost it . She was heard to pray : " Jesus , help me to find my cup and I will never 12 CLARA LEFFINGWELL.
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... Jesus just as willing to heal now as when He was here in the flesh ? Could not He speak the word from heaven as effectually as though He were here ? Did He ever refuse to heal any one ? ' I began to pray and the Holy Spirit indited my ...
... Jesus just as willing to heal now as when He was here in the flesh ? Could not He speak the word from heaven as effectually as though He were here ? Did He ever refuse to heal any one ? ' I began to pray and the Holy Spirit indited my ...
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... Jesus saves , And guide poor wanderers to the heavenly home . To walk close by His side , e'en though that way In Afric's darkest wilds should lead my feet , And though my life should be as one short day ; His hallowed presence maketh ...
... Jesus saves , And guide poor wanderers to the heavenly home . To walk close by His side , e'en though that way In Afric's darkest wilds should lead my feet , And though my life should be as one short day ; His hallowed presence maketh ...
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... Jesus , Faint Heart ! It was not direct from the Master's hand That the multitude was fed ; He gave His disciples the blessed task Of giving the hungry ones bread . He blessed , brake and gave to His followers ; ( A half loaf or less ...
... Jesus , Faint Heart ! It was not direct from the Master's hand That the multitude was fed ; He gave His disciples the blessed task Of giving the hungry ones bread . He blessed , brake and gave to His followers ; ( A half loaf or less ...
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... Jesus ere ask the doing , Without the power to do well ? Still hold your faith in Jehovah , What He commands , " go and tell . " And when your mission is ended And the fight of faith is past , Fragments - A heart full of sermons ...
... Jesus ere ask the doing , Without the power to do well ? Still hold your faith in Jehovah , What He commands , " go and tell . " And when your mission is ended And the fight of faith is past , Fragments - A heart full of sermons ...
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Page 275 - 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?
Page 237 - Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O LORD our God ; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God ; let not 'man prevail against thee.
Page 220 - We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime.
Page 141 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 250 - And behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 167 - Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth More than my necessary food.
Page 319 - No man of iron mould and bloody hands, Who sought to wreak upon the cowering lands The passions that consumed his restless heart ; But one of tender spirit and delicate frame, Gentlest in mien and mind Of gentle womankind, Timidly shrinking from the breath of blame : One in whose eyes the smile of kindness made Its haunt, like flowers by sunny brooks in May, Yet, at the thought of others' pain, a shade Of sweeter sadness chased the smile away.
Page 34 - Better to stem with heart and hand The roaring tide of life, than lie. Unmindful, on its flowery strand, Of God's occasions drifting by ! Better with naked nerve to bear The needles of this goading air, Than, in the lap of sensual ease, forego The godlike power to do, the godlike aim to know.
Page 100 - Trust in the Lord, and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord ; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord : Trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass.
Page 90 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.