Advocate and Family Guardian, 30. köideExecutive Committee of the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless, 1864 |
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... thought , whilst slumbering on my couch in midnight's solemn gloom , I heard an angel's silvery voice , and radiance filled my room . A gentle touch awakened me , a gentle whisper said ; " Arise , O sleeper ! follow me ; " and through ...
... thought , whilst slumbering on my couch in midnight's solemn gloom , I heard an angel's silvery voice , and radiance filled my room . A gentle touch awakened me , a gentle whisper said ; " Arise , O sleeper ! follow me ; " and through ...
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... thought I would go once to a Protestant church . While there I had such feelings as I cannot describe . I felt myself to be a lost sinner and that God only could pardon me . All the forms of the Catholic church seemed foolishness , and ...
... thought I would go once to a Protestant church . While there I had such feelings as I cannot describe . I felt myself to be a lost sinner and that God only could pardon me . All the forms of the Catholic church seemed foolishness , and ...
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... thought how glorious the Christmas tree looked last year , with its wealth of toys , and the great glitter that ... thoughts should all ascend to seek ' Our Father , ' who sent His only - begotten Son down to earth to seek and save us ...
... thought how glorious the Christmas tree looked last year , with its wealth of toys , and the great glitter that ... thoughts should all ascend to seek ' Our Father , ' who sent His only - begotten Son down to earth to seek and save us ...
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... thought , surely the store - house of Nature and Art must have been explored for materials , and invention tasked to the utmost so to use them that the finished workmanship might be " a thing of beauty . " The self - denying energy ...
... thought , surely the store - house of Nature and Art must have been explored for materials , and invention tasked to the utmost so to use them that the finished workmanship might be " a thing of beauty . " The self - denying energy ...
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... thought that she was with them Softened present grief and pain , For our loss of her sweet presence Is her everlasting gain . For our way lies thick with shadows , Oft the wearied spirit faints , She hath reached the heavenly city ...
... thought that she was with them Softened present grief and pain , For our loss of her sweet presence Is her everlasting gain . For our way lies thick with shadows , Oft the wearied spirit faints , She hath reached the heavenly city ...
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Page 275 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 226 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 192 - If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them ; then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Page 154 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 192 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 84 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 204 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Page 244 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 286 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Page 47 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.