Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... needed to be done , and wisely waited for the more definite call to the foreign field which she probably felt would eventually come . Wherever this call may have had its beginning , and however it may have developed , there is no ...
... needed to be done , and wisely waited for the more definite call to the foreign field which she probably felt would eventually come . Wherever this call may have had its beginning , and however it may have developed , there is no ...
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... needed re- plenishing frequently . As soon as my light is ex- tinguished ( or has burned out ) , the rats in my room convince me that their name is legion . I now con- gratulate myself that I wrote that cheerful , pleas ant letter to ...
... needed re- plenishing frequently . As soon as my light is ex- tinguished ( or has burned out ) , the rats in my room convince me that their name is legion . I now con- gratulate myself that I wrote that cheerful , pleas ant letter to ...
Page 90
... needed a Savior . ' Yes , ' she said , ' I know I am a great sinner , for only yester- day I dropped several grains of rice on the floor . ' " During the summer of 1898 , Miss Leffingwell visited for some months a neighboring mission ...
... needed a Savior . ' Yes , ' she said , ' I know I am a great sinner , for only yester- day I dropped several grains of rice on the floor . ' " During the summer of 1898 , Miss Leffingwell visited for some months a neighboring mission ...
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... needed a little money for some special purpose , and accord ing to her practice , began to tell the Lord about it in prayer . While she was praying , this passage was impressed upon her by the Spirit : " Give and it shall be given unto ...
... needed a little money for some special purpose , and accord ing to her practice , began to tell the Lord about it in prayer . While she was praying , this passage was impressed upon her by the Spirit : " Give and it shall be given unto ...
Page 93
... needed just such an article , and gave it to her . Soon after this , she writes , " As I went to my room one day , I found an envelope on my table con- taining enough money for my needs . I was greatly surprised for I had been thinking ...
... needed just such an article , and gave it to her . Soon after this , she writes , " As I went to my room one day , I found an envelope on my table con- taining enough money for my needs . I was greatly surprised for I had been thinking ...
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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.