Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive FriendsPennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1891 |
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... live in an atmosphere of good - will and confidence ! Do each other the simple justice of believing in the good which may be in him , putting our faith in that , -idealizing , if you please , that ! The impartial historian knows that ...
... live in an atmosphere of good - will and confidence ! Do each other the simple justice of believing in the good which may be in him , putting our faith in that , -idealizing , if you please , that ! The impartial historian knows that ...
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... live in without the help of women ? Take New York City , for instance . The women of that city are called upon to help make it a fit place in which to live . I have been seeking for a public office for several years . It is this : I ...
... live in without the help of women ? Take New York City , for instance . The women of that city are called upon to help make it a fit place in which to live . I have been seeking for a public office for several years . It is this : I ...
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... live in this country for twenty - one years before being granted the privilege of the ballot . A very lively discussion ensued , participated in by J. WIL- LIAMS THORNE , GILES B. STEBBINS , WHITTIER FULTON , MRS . GESTEFELD , and MR ...
... live in this country for twenty - one years before being granted the privilege of the ballot . A very lively discussion ensued , participated in by J. WIL- LIAMS THORNE , GILES B. STEBBINS , WHITTIER FULTON , MRS . GESTEFELD , and MR ...
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... live apart From work , on theologic trust , We know the blood about his heart Is dry as dust . " We hold that saving grace abounds Where charity is seen ; that when We climb to heaven , ' tis on the rounds Of love to men . " How ...
... live apart From work , on theologic trust , We know the blood about his heart Is dry as dust . " We hold that saving grace abounds Where charity is seen ; that when We climb to heaven , ' tis on the rounds Of love to men . " How ...
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... live upward , and by our lives to show that we possess the spirit of a Christian . What a protective influence it would be to young people if they had the divine idea that they must do all possible to keep themselves true and holy for ...
... live upward , and by our lives to show that we possess the spirit of a Christian . What a protective influence it would be to young people if they had the divine idea that they must do all possible to keep themselves true and holy for ...
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Page 21 - IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain : — Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake...
Page 41 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 36 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear, When hanging on th' accursed tree ; And hopes her guilt was there.
Page 34 - As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Page 18 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 22 - Of the men o' the South? What whets the knife For the Union's life? — Hark to the answer: Slavery!
Page 41 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Page 36 - Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere.
Page 43 - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Whose portal we call Death.