The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady who Died at the Age of Twenty-three, in the Valley of the Green RiverE. French, 1838 - 243 páginas |
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... and election sure ; and oh ! let us embrace it . My illness , so far , has been a lingering one ; and I have been favored with time for reflection . But how suddenly I may be called to God's bar 36 THE MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWER .
... and election sure ; and oh ! let us embrace it . My illness , so far , has been a lingering one ; and I have been favored with time for reflection . But how suddenly I may be called to God's bar 36 THE MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWER .
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... sure of God , and placed in this vestibule of being to prepare for His service in higher spheres . Of what vast consequence that we walk in the paths of virtue and religion . But I ought not to weary your patience , and I will close ...
... sure of God , and placed in this vestibule of being to prepare for His service in higher spheres . Of what vast consequence that we walk in the paths of virtue and religion . But I ought not to weary your patience , and I will close ...
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... sure I desire to . Never did I wish for any thing more - nay , not half , not a quarter - so much as I desire to be- come a servant of the Lord Almighty . Oh ! for grace to subdue this stubbornness ; oh for light to dispel this darkness ...
... sure I desire to . Never did I wish for any thing more - nay , not half , not a quarter - so much as I desire to be- come a servant of the Lord Almighty . Oh ! for grace to subdue this stubbornness ; oh for light to dispel this darkness ...
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... sure . " O my God , my soul is cast down within me , and I am covered with the billows ; but thou hast said , ' He that cometh unto me , I will in no wise cast out ; ' and oh , why cannot I trust thy promises ? why not trust thy grace ...
... sure . " O my God , my soul is cast down within me , and I am covered with the billows ; but thou hast said , ' He that cometh unto me , I will in no wise cast out ; ' and oh , why cannot I trust thy promises ? why not trust thy grace ...
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... sure we could not be stupid . Eternity would engross our thoughts and conversation . But alas ! we can sleep while nearing the hour of our departure . We are standing on the beach of eternity's ocean , and can we play with toys while ...
... sure we could not be stupid . Eternity would engross our thoughts and conversation . But alas ! we can sleep while nearing the hour of our departure . We are standing on the beach of eternity's ocean , and can we play with toys while ...
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The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady Who Died ... Charles Lester Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady Who Died ... C. Edwards 1815-1890 Lester Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 46 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 45 - Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet, we know not we are listening to it...
Página 3 - WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal an hour from study and care, And hie me away to the woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waters of green, As if the bright fringe of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the wave they drink ; And they, whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue.
Página 239 - COME, ye disconsolate ! where'er ye languish, Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel: Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish ; Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure ! Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.
Página 7 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 67 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Página 49 - Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shall perceive that thou wast blind before : Thine eye shall be instructed ; and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish with divine delight, Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.
Página 97 - Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light 1 let him trust in the Name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Página 86 - God revealed his gracious name, * • And changed my mournful state, My rapture seemed a pleasing dream, The grace appeared so great. 2 The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess; My tongue broke out in unknown strains, And sung surprising grace. 3 " Great is the work !" my neighbors cried, And owned the power divine ;
Página 186 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...