Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... 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 peti- tion . The power of God came all through my body and I knew I was healed ...
... 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 peti- tion . The power of God came all through my body and I knew I was healed ...
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... speak and I hear . My undivided time and love are thine ; My worldly work and aims do disappear , But Thou and all Thy promises are mine . Above all we can ask . ~ CHAPTER V. CALL TO PREACH . " The throng is HER HEALING 227.
... speak and I hear . My undivided time and love are thine ; My worldly work and aims do disappear , But Thou and all Thy promises are mine . Above all we can ask . ~ CHAPTER V. CALL TO PREACH . " The throng is HER HEALING 227.
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... speak to a large congregation without great difficulty . She says in one of her letters , referring to this throat trouble and its relation to her work : " This will effectually close my labors here by making it plainly visible to all ...
... speak to a large congregation without great difficulty . She says in one of her letters , referring to this throat trouble and its relation to her work : " This will effectually close my labors here by making it plainly visible to all ...
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... speak in conversational tones to little groups of people . " Miss Leffingwell's letters during her last year in America are very interesting as showing the in- tensity of her missionary spirit . She says in one letter : " The work of ...
... speak in conversational tones to little groups of people . " Miss Leffingwell's letters during her last year in America are very interesting as showing the in- tensity of her missionary spirit . She says in one letter : " The work of ...
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... speaking on the par- able of the lost sheep , and said : " The Lord had to look for some of us a long time , did He not ? " Im- mediately a sweet - faced , elderly mother answered : ' No , I came just as soon as the Lord called me ...
... speaking on the par- able of the lost sheep , and said : " The Lord had to look for some of us a long time , did He not ? " Im- mediately a sweet - faced , elderly mother answered : ' No , I came just as soon as the Lord called me ...
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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.