Clara Leffingwell, a MissionaryFree Methodist Publishing House, 1907 - 320 pages |
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... writes a good biography confers an inestimable benefit upon his fellow men . That the author of the volume now before the reader has produced a biography of rare merit , is the conviction of the writer , and will also , unless he ...
... writes a good biography confers an inestimable benefit upon his fellow men . That the author of the volume now before the reader has produced a biography of rare merit , is the conviction of the writer , and will also , unless he ...
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... writes . Miss Leffingwell had intended all along these years to write a book herself whenever it should seem to be suitable in the providence of God , and she had made some preparation for the same , but some way what she had prepared ...
... writes . Miss Leffingwell had intended all along these years to write a book herself whenever it should seem to be suitable in the providence of God , and she had made some preparation for the same , but some way what she had prepared ...
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... writes about it as follows : " It meant more to me , took more of a martyr's spirit , required more courage , more self - denial and sacrifice to come out and take the position as a seeker after holiness as I did twelve years ago when I ...
... writes about it as follows : " It meant more to me , took more of a martyr's spirit , required more courage , more self - denial and sacrifice to come out and take the position as a seeker after holiness as I did twelve years ago when I ...
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... writes about it as follows : " Frail from infancy , at fifteen years of age I had so little vitality with which to combat disease that an attack of the measles left me an invalid . Neither my sister nor I at this time enjoyed a definite ...
... writes about it as follows : " Frail from infancy , at fifteen years of age I had so little vitality with which to combat disease that an attack of the measles left me an invalid . Neither my sister nor I at this time enjoyed a definite ...
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... distinct call to foreign missionary work , but she knew she must labor for the Lord in a public way . Her call as a foreign missionary was , however , dimly before her mind , - for she writes at this time in the poem given 28 CALL TO ...
... distinct call to foreign missionary work , but she knew she must labor for the Lord in a public way . Her call as a foreign missionary was , however , dimly before her mind , - for she writes at this time in the poem given 28 CALL TO ...
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Popular passages
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.