Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dwight: Including an Account of the Plague of 1837M.W. Dodd, 1840 - 323 pages |
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... visited Mrs. Dwight some time ago , and who has recently returned to Pera . He was said to be suc- cessful in many cases of plague when here before , and as our own doctor is professedly unable to do any thing , I do not know what I can ...
... visited Mrs. Dwight some time ago , and who has recently returned to Pera . He was said to be suc- cessful in many cases of plague when here before , and as our own doctor is professedly unable to do any thing , I do not know what I can ...
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... visited us , and per- haps intends still to visit us , may be the means of awak- ing up a spirit of special and earnest prayer among the surviving members of this mission , and of the outpouring of the Spirit upon the people and the ...
... visited us , and per- haps intends still to visit us , may be the means of awak- ing up a spirit of special and earnest prayer among the surviving members of this mission , and of the outpouring of the Spirit upon the people and the ...
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... visited me , because he loves me . If he had not loved me , he would have given me up to worldly affections , to be overcome and destroyed by them . If he had not loved me he would now leave me to despair , to curse him and perish ; or ...
... visited me , because he loves me . If he had not loved me , he would have given me up to worldly affections , to be overcome and destroyed by them . If he had not loved me he would now leave me to despair , to curse him and perish ; or ...
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... visited by the plague . I say distressing , for other it could not be , especially as the last insertion in those letters left poor sister Dwight on the very borders of the grave . Still there are some consid- erations which sooth our ...
... visited by the plague . I say distressing , for other it could not be , especially as the last insertion in those letters left poor sister Dwight on the very borders of the grave . Still there are some consid- erations which sooth our ...
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... visited your family , your wife and child , confined as they were in a retired room in the little vil- lage of San Stefano , where there was health and quietness undisturbed prevailing , is to us most unaccountable . The hand of the ...
... visited your family , your wife and child , confined as they were in a retired room in the little vil- lage of San Stefano , where there was health and quietness undisturbed prevailing , is to us most unaccountable . The hand of the ...
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Page 305 - JESUS, Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high : Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life be past ; Safe into the haven guide ; O receive my soul at last...
Page 111 - Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 309 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 290 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 76 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Page 76 - Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Page 151 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.
Page 140 - DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove ; Stoop down and take us on thy wings ; And mount, and bear us far above The reach of these inferior things ; — 2 Beyond, beyond this lower sky, Up where eternal ages roll, Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul.
Page 111 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 141 - Adoring saints around him stand, And thrones and powers before Him fall ; The God shines gracious through the Man, And sheds sweet glories on them all.