Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... faith , hope , love , consecration and self - sacrifice which are the great essentials of New Testament Christianity . Miss Leffingwell was also a woman capable of a broadly intelligent grasp upon great public ques- tions . Her public ...
... faith , hope , love , consecration and self - sacrifice which are the great essentials of New Testament Christianity . Miss Leffingwell was also a woman capable of a broadly intelligent grasp upon great public ques- tions . Her public ...
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... without her there ? " Happy she -Unidentified . With such a mother ! faith in woman kind Beats with her blood and trust in all things high Comes easy to her . -Tennyson . CHAPTER II . EARLY LIFE . In my sister's arms. 8 CLARA LEFFINGWELL.
... without her there ? " Happy she -Unidentified . With such a mother ! faith in woman kind Beats with her blood and trust in all things high Comes easy to her . -Tennyson . CHAPTER II . EARLY LIFE . In my sister's arms. 8 CLARA LEFFINGWELL.
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... faith , having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water " ( Hebrews 10 : 22 ) . Clara was always an unusual child , thought- ful , religious and wise beyond her years , and always had a great ...
... faith , having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water " ( Hebrews 10 : 22 ) . Clara was always an unusual child , thought- ful , religious and wise beyond her years , and always had a great ...
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... faith in God . Once when my sister was praying to God for my healing , the question came clearly to her from the Holy Spirit , ' Why do you ask this ? " and the motives why she desired me to live were held up before her by the Spirit in ...
... faith in God . Once when my sister was praying to God for my healing , the question came clearly to her from the Holy Spirit , ' Why do you ask this ? " and the motives why she desired me to live were held up before her by the Spirit in ...
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... faith that was springing up in Miss Leffing . well's heart for healing did not , however , come to maturity at once . This restoration to health actu- ally seemed to come in instalments as her faith grew and increased . In one of her ...
... faith that was springing up in Miss Leffing . well's heart for healing did not , however , come to maturity at once . This restoration to health actu- ally seemed to come in instalments as her faith grew and increased . In one of her ...
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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.