The Road Ahead: Experiences in the Life of Frances C. GageWomans Press, 1918 - 114 pages |
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The Road Ahead: Experiences in the Life of Frances C. Gage (Classic Reprint) Elizabeth Wilson No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 112 - GLORY of warrior, glory of orator, glory of song, Paid with a voice flying by to be lost on an endless sea — Glory of Virtue, to fight, to struggle, to right the wrong — Nay, but" she aim'd not at glory, no lover of glory she : Give her the glory of going on, and still to be.
Page 112 - Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death : if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : 9 Give her the wages of going on, and not to die.
Page 70 - ... the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity ; that, when the devil assaults me, he may not find me idle ; and my dearest Lord, at his sudden coming, may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions ; improving my talent...
Page 70 - ... my time so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and by discharging all my duty may glorify Thy Name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment ; that I may do works proportionable to my person and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity ; that when the devil assaults me, he may not find me...
Page 110 - Twenty-four hours later, three hundred people, Turks and Greeks, and the pitiful Armenian remnant, came to pay honor to one who had understood and loved and forgiven and helped. Then she was laid to rest in the little cemetery beside Marlie King.
Page 69 - As manager of 68 the dining room, one day she settled a strike, and, still later, when the cooks failed to live up to their agreement, she discharged the whole force of men, telephoned to Portland for more help and...
Page 68 - Wanted— 1,000 pickers for Hop Field. We pay $1.10 per 100 pounds. Perfect accommodations, good food at city prices, fine whiskey, dance five nights in the week, evangelists on Sunday.
Page 113 - She was the pioneer, but the end of the exploration is only the beginning of the enterprise.
Page 36 - When our little affair comes off where will you go?' • 'I'll go to the American compound. Where will you go?
Page 8 - But the photographs of foreign scenery and architecture and paintings which lined the corridors were an unimagined revelation of The glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Kome...