My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... stand , or walk around wherever the sun seemed most powerful , and I would soon be dry . I got dry , but it had not occured to me that the time I had been gone was much longer than the usual time . The folks wondered what had hap- pened ...
... stand , or walk around wherever the sun seemed most powerful , and I would soon be dry . I got dry , but it had not occured to me that the time I had been gone was much longer than the usual time . The folks wondered what had hap- pened ...
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... stand before each man , woman or a child , and ask them if they had a testimony in regard to their salvation . When he asked Mrs. Franks the question , she rose up quickly and voiced " Quack , quack , quack , " and with the last quack ...
... stand before each man , woman or a child , and ask them if they had a testimony in regard to their salvation . When he asked Mrs. Franks the question , she rose up quickly and voiced " Quack , quack , quack , " and with the last quack ...
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... stand by set - screws , and the wheel was turned by hand . This machine would not push or feed the material through under the foot . My painful job was to sit on the opposite side of the stand and pull the goods through . If she turned ...
... stand by set - screws , and the wheel was turned by hand . This machine would not push or feed the material through under the foot . My painful job was to sit on the opposite side of the stand and pull the goods through . If she turned ...
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... stands a towering monument which marks " A Lonely Grave " . This grave is the resting place of a beloved school teacher . She had been married only a few months when she died . It was her husbands wish that she be laid to rest on the ...
... stands a towering monument which marks " A Lonely Grave " . This grave is the resting place of a beloved school teacher . She had been married only a few months when she died . It was her husbands wish that she be laid to rest on the ...
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... stand on one end of the front porch . To do this I would give the wheel a turn with my right hand , and with the cotton in my left hand I then walked backwards to the end of the porch . By the time I got to the end of the porch the ...
... stand on one end of the front porch . To do this I would give the wheel a turn with my right hand , and with the cotton in my left hand I then walked backwards to the end of the porch . By the time I got to the end of the porch the ...
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Page 67 - There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by ; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by...
Page 5 - Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.
Page 30 - No. 93. /"\H, how sweet when we mingle with kindred spirits here, ^-' And tell of Jesus and His love ! When by faith we can see Him, and feel His presence near, And lift our longing souls above. We shall meet on the banks of the river ; happy, happy there for evermore. We shall dwell with the angels, and join with choral song, our loved ones, loved ones gone before.
Page 74 - Eureka! this the purpose I pursue ; For, behold, a god hath called me, and his service I shall do! " Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou wert destined for the same; Sloth is sin, and toil is worship, and the soul demands an aim : Who neglects the ordination, he shall not escape the blame.
Page 53 - I thanked her and wanted to know if there was something that I could do for her, but she answered, "Never mind, child, you do well to do the things you are compelled to do.
Page 41 - Hill, but he heard me crying and came to me and asked me what the matter was. I told him. He said, "Never mind, daughter, I'll tell Mother to go look herself. She'll see no little potatoes.