Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... greatly errs in judgment , be the verdict of all who peruse its pages . The first thing essential to the production of a meritorious biography is a good subject . In case of the present volume this condition was most hap- pily fulfilled ...
... greatly errs in judgment , be the verdict of all who peruse its pages . The first thing essential to the production of a meritorious biography is a good subject . In case of the present volume this condition was most hap- pily fulfilled ...
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... greatly im pressed the author of this book was the great spirit of prayer that was poured out upon her when he first heard her praying for her brothers and sisters at the home of her brother Clayton ; and about the last words she ...
... greatly im pressed the author of this book was the great spirit of prayer that was poured out upon her when he first heard her praying for her brothers and sisters at the home of her brother Clayton ; and about the last words she ...
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... greatly influenced the future of her life was that one simple sweet song of childhood as it was sung by her sister Ellen , " I wish that His hand had been placed on my head , That His arm had been thrown around me , And that I might ...
... greatly influenced the future of her life was that one simple sweet song of childhood as it was sung by her sister Ellen , " I wish that His hand had been placed on my head , That His arm had been thrown around me , And that I might ...
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... greatly attached to each other , and their hearts were united by a bond that death could not sever . When about fifteen years old she had an attack of the measles , which left her health in a broken condition ; and until she was twenty ...
... greatly attached to each other , and their hearts were united by a bond that death could not sever . When about fifteen years old she had an attack of the measles , which left her health in a broken condition ; and until she was twenty ...
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... greatly , I wanted to kneel and pray before retiring , but I felt so weak that it seemed to me I could not do so . I did kneel , however , from a sense of duty , and as I did so , a flood of conviction came over me that it was not only ...
... greatly , I wanted to kneel and pray before retiring , but I felt so weak that it seemed to me I could not do so . I did kneel , however , from a sense of duty , and as I did so , a flood of conviction came over me that it was not only ...
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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.