Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... thought- ful , religious and wise beyond her years , and always had a great desire to do things . She was very relig iously inclined and very early gave her life to the service of her Master . Her true spiritual life began soon after ...
... thought- ful , religious and wise beyond her years , and always had a great desire to do things . She was very relig iously inclined and very early gave her life to the service of her Master . Her true spiritual life began soon after ...
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... thought about this , and she and her sis- ter had at times prayed for it ; but it now seemed to them that their previous prayers for this healing had been largely mixed with selfishness and with de- sires for the happiness of health ...
... thought about this , and she and her sis- ter had at times prayed for it ; but it now seemed to them that their previous prayers for this healing had been largely mixed with selfishness and with de- sires for the happiness of health ...
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... thoughts came to me , ' Is not Jesus just as willing to heal now as when He was here in the flesh ? Could not He ... thought came to me : ' Will you testify to this healing in church to- night ? ' And then came the suggestion , which ...
... thoughts came to me , ' Is not Jesus just as willing to heal now as when He was here in the flesh ? Could not He ... thought came to me : ' Will you testify to this healing in church to- night ? ' And then came the suggestion , which ...
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... thought of that active life I knew was before me . My testimony that night was , ' My heart overflows with praise , and I have come here to give thanks unto God for He hath healed me . " " A poem , written by her some years afterward ...
... thought of that active life I knew was before me . My testimony that night was , ' My heart overflows with praise , and I have come here to give thanks unto God for He hath healed me . " " A poem , written by her some years afterward ...
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... thought , as Jesus did not rebuke the woman who broke the alabaster box , surely He will not rebuke one whose span of life may be very short in the foreign field . I believe if I should go to a warm climate it would be just what I am ...
... thought , as Jesus did not rebuke the woman who broke the alabaster box , surely He will not rebuke one whose span of life may be very short in the foreign field . I believe if I should go to a warm climate it would be just what I am ...
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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.