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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... became acquainted with her mates and attached to her school ; pursuing her stud- ies with great eagerness , especially music , which was her chief delight . It was soon ascertained that she possessed a voice of unusual power and compass ...
... became acquainted with her mates and attached to her school ; pursuing her stud- ies with great eagerness , especially music , which was her chief delight . It was soon ascertained that she possessed a voice of unusual power and compass ...
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... became known that she was in the habit of praying , and at one time while with some of her mates in her play room , they dared her to pray ; and when in the innocence and simplicity of her heart she did so , they burst into a loud laugh ...
... became known that she was in the habit of praying , and at one time while with some of her mates in her play room , they dared her to pray ; and when in the innocence and simplicity of her heart she did so , they burst into a loud laugh ...
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... became uneasy and longed to be again at school . It was a custom of the parents , when their children returned after vacation , to furnish them with little luxuries , which the latter called goodies ; these they were in the habit of ...
... became uneasy and longed to be again at school . It was a custom of the parents , when their children returned after vacation , to furnish them with little luxuries , which the latter called goodies ; these they were in the habit of ...
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... became strongly attached to each other . Her sister went from home to live , shortly after she left school , and they met but seldom ; which added to her loneliness . This sister was very kind to Mary , and when they were together did ...
... became strongly attached to each other . Her sister went from home to live , shortly after she left school , and they met but seldom ; which added to her loneliness . This sister was very kind to Mary , and when they were together did ...
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... became almost insupportable ; as her friend's health was quite frail . The following letter in verse was composed on one of these occasions , but never sent , as she received tidings from Sarah before it was com- mitted to paper ...
... became almost insupportable ; as her friend's health was quite frail . The following letter in verse was composed on one of these occasions , but never sent , as she received tidings from Sarah before it was com- mitted to paper ...
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Popular passages
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.