Mary Milton; Or, The Conquests of Grace: A Brief Account of the Life, Experience and Labors of a Humble Servant of ChristClaremont manufacturing Company, 1876 - 236 pages |
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... attended the district school ; and though unable to study a lesson , she was allowed to spell with the rest , and was often at the head of her class , spelling as if by intuition . She frequently re- ceived words of praise from visitors ...
... attended the district school ; and though unable to study a lesson , she was allowed to spell with the rest , and was often at the head of her class , spelling as if by intuition . She frequently re- ceived words of praise from visitors ...
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... attended with great sadness and despond- ency yet she esteemed it a great comfort to pray for and hear from her . Sarah was sometimes negli- gent in her correspondence , in which case Mary's anx- iety became almost insupportable ; as ...
... attended with great sadness and despond- ency yet she esteemed it a great comfort to pray for and hear from her . Sarah was sometimes negli- gent in her correspondence , in which case Mary's anx- iety became almost insupportable ; as ...
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... attended their meetings , some of which she enjoyed very well , yet received there but little real food for her soul ... attend , heartily discountenancing such proceedings . Not that she objected to social gatherings as such : but when ...
... attended their meetings , some of which she enjoyed very well , yet received there but little real food for her soul ... attend , heartily discountenancing such proceedings . Not that she objected to social gatherings as such : but when ...
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... attended by him and his new wife . They lived near Sarah's parents , and Mrs. B. became acquainted with her before seeing Mary . She was a lady of more than ordinary intelligence , and quite fas- tidious in regard to her own and others ...
... attended by him and his new wife . They lived near Sarah's parents , and Mrs. B. became acquainted with her before seeing Mary . She was a lady of more than ordinary intelligence , and quite fas- tidious in regard to her own and others ...
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... attending school in that place , whom we will call Clara Taylor . She possess- ed a mind of rare intelligence , and a remarkably af- fectionate and confiding nature , which attractions could not fail to win Mary's heart , and they soon ...
... attending school in that place , whom we will call Clara Taylor . She possess- ed a mind of rare intelligence , and a remarkably af- fectionate and confiding nature , which attractions could not fail to win Mary's heart , and they soon ...
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Page 108 - He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath One that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 107 - So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 36 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 54 - Though the day of my destiny's over, And the star of my fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the love which my spirit hath painted It never hath found but in thee.
Page 112 - He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Page 23 - Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought ; Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love, why am I thus?
Page 116 - ... If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered," &c. Observe, a sinner is not compared to a green tree, but a dry; this could not wither except it were green and a branch once withered, it is hard to make it green again, &c., but they are gathered and burned; verse 7, 8. "If ye abide in me, and my words in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you...
Page 83 - Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted, and after his long fast and conquest of evil, Behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Page 167 - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world ; for if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.