The Girls' Scrapbook, 1839American Sunday-School Union, 1839 - 238 pages |
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Page 18
... wishes . I wanted to hear of mercy , and I was glad to think of Jesus Christ as the Saviour of sinners . I had often ... wish and pray for more time for preparation for eternity , and catch at the most distant gleam of hope . At length ...
... wishes . I wanted to hear of mercy , and I was glad to think of Jesus Christ as the Saviour of sinners . I had often ... wish and pray for more time for preparation for eternity , and catch at the most distant gleam of hope . At length ...
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... wish to be ? " I do . " Observing her to gaze fondly at her mother , —I said , Do you love your mother ? " I do indeed love my mother . " Which do you love best , your mother or the Lord Jesus Christ ? " I love Jesus better than I love ...
... wish to be ? " I do . " Observing her to gaze fondly at her mother , —I said , Do you love your mother ? " I do indeed love my mother . " Which do you love best , your mother or the Lord Jesus Christ ? " I love Jesus better than I love ...
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... wish to recover , she answered , " If I should , I must die some time ; I trust I am now prepared to go , then why should I wish to continue longer on earth . I desire to go to God , in whose presence there is fulness of joy , and at ...
... wish to recover , she answered , " If I should , I must die some time ; I trust I am now prepared to go , then why should I wish to continue longer on earth . I desire to go to God , in whose presence there is fulness of joy , and at ...
Page 28
... wish that she could see a min- ister of the gospel , that he might converse and pray with her . Rev. Mr. B. was then in town , but unable to visit her , being himself very sick . Her wish , however , was gratified . Rev. Mr. W. was ...
... wish that she could see a min- ister of the gospel , that he might converse and pray with her . Rev. Mr. B. was then in town , but unable to visit her , being himself very sick . Her wish , however , was gratified . Rev. Mr. W. was ...
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... thing which gave her any wish to live , was concern for the bereavement of her mother . Filial affection was one of the most strongly marked traits of 66 her character in life . On returning from the 32 MISS ANN MARIA HENRY .
... thing which gave her any wish to live , was concern for the bereavement of her mother . Filial affection was one of the most strongly marked traits of 66 her character in life . On returning from the 32 MISS ANN MARIA HENRY .
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Page 11 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Page 110 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Page 38 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 88 - God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, •whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Page 84 - Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
Page 231 - ... years can give, I now, on the eve of my departure, declare to you, (and earnestly pray that you may hereafter live and act on the conviction,) that health is a great blessing; competence obtained by...
Page 236 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 109 - He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What varied being peoples every star, May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.
Page 16 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Page 59 - What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.