Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... I have come here to give thanks unto God for He hath healed me . " " A poem , written by her some years afterward , expresses this experience , and is here given : MY HEALING . BY CLARA LEFFINGWELL . My little bark HER HEALING 25 15.
... I have come here to give thanks unto God for He hath healed me . " " A poem , written by her some years afterward , expresses this experience , and is here given : MY HEALING . BY CLARA LEFFINGWELL . My little bark HER HEALING 25 15.
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... Lord sends forth laborers who care for our souls ; and , ' in everything give thanks ' ? " CLARA A. LEFFINGWELL , " Pastor Free Methodist Church . " CHAPTER VII . CALL TO CHINA . Still Thy love EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES 41.
... Lord sends forth laborers who care for our souls ; and , ' in everything give thanks ' ? " CLARA A. LEFFINGWELL , " Pastor Free Methodist Church . " CHAPTER VII . CALL TO CHINA . Still Thy love EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES 41.
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... give them all to be spent in foreign mis- sionary , home missionary or evangelistic work . After homes and lands have all passed away , what is done for God will never die . " These lines , written by her while at Davis , show the depth ...
... give them all to be spent in foreign mis- sionary , home missionary or evangelistic work . After homes and lands have all passed away , what is done for God will never die . " These lines , written by her while at Davis , show the depth ...
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... give as the Lord shall direct . 2. They have no church membership as such , neither among the missionaries nor among the native converts . The missionaries remain members of their respective churches . A missionary in charge of the ...
... give as the Lord shall direct . 2. They have no church membership as such , neither among the missionaries nor among the native converts . The missionaries remain members of their respective churches . A missionary in charge of the ...
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... they ; Peace , perfect peace , our future all unknown , Jesus we know , and He is on the throne . " December 20th , Miss Leffingwell writes to her friends : " Rejoice with me and give glad thanks 54 CLARA LEFFINGWELL.
... they ; Peace , perfect peace , our future all unknown , Jesus we know , and He is on the throne . " December 20th , Miss Leffingwell writes to her friends : " Rejoice with me and give glad thanks 54 CLARA LEFFINGWELL.
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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.