Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: Member of the American Mission to BurmahL. Colby, 1848 - 309 pages |
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... mind less richly endowed must have sunk to the level of daily toil ; but not so hers . Though shrinkingly modest , she had yet an elasticity of spirit , an inner vigour and hopefulness which , all silently , buoyed her up , and pushed ...
... mind less richly endowed must have sunk to the level of daily toil ; but not so hers . Though shrinkingly modest , she had yet an elasticity of spirit , an inner vigour and hopefulness which , all silently , buoyed her up , and pushed ...
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... large portion of my thoughts ; and we have not yet finished the discussion . " An anecdote , illustrative of her faithful and yet engaging mode of reproval , is given by a friend , and called to mind by the above extract 3 A NEW LIFE . 23.
... large portion of my thoughts ; and we have not yet finished the discussion . " An anecdote , illustrative of her faithful and yet engaging mode of reproval , is given by a friend , and called to mind by the above extract 3 A NEW LIFE . 23.
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... mind by the above extract . At a house where Sarah was visiting , a young gentleman had left a pack of gaming cards upon the table . She saw them there , and wrote upon the envelope , " Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth ...
... mind by the above extract . At a house where Sarah was visiting , a young gentleman had left a pack of gaming cards upon the table . She saw them there , and wrote upon the envelope , " Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth ...
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... mind ; They have never heard of Jesus , Never to th ' Eternal prayed ; Paths of death and woe they're treading , Christian ! Christian ! come and aid ! By that rending shriek of horrour , Issuing from the flaming pile , By the bursts of ...
... mind ; They have never heard of Jesus , Never to th ' Eternal prayed ; Paths of death and woe they're treading , Christian ! Christian ! come and aid ! By that rending shriek of horrour , Issuing from the flaming pile , By the bursts of ...
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... mind was both poetical and practical ; she had refined taste , and a love for the beautiful as well as the excellent . For some years before she went to India , she had been a contributor to the Christian Watchman and Baptist Magazine ...
... mind was both poetical and practical ; she had refined taste , and a love for the beautiful as well as the excellent . For some years before she went to India , she had been a contributor to the Christian Watchman and Baptist Magazine ...
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Adoniram Judson Andrew Fuller anguish Baptist beautiful beloved beneath beside blessed Boardman boat bosom breath brother Burmah Burmese Burmese language Calcutta cheek child Christ Christian church dark darling dear death duties earthly Elnathan English father feel friends George Dana Boardman gospel grave grief hand happy heart heathen heaven hope husband hymns infant Jesus JOHN DOWLING Judson Karens labour language letter little boy little George living look mama Mason Maulmain Mergui missionary months morning mother Myen native ness never NEW-YORK night papa parents passed pastor Peguan poor pray prayer precious Pwen Rangoon religion Sabbath School Sarah Saviour scarce scene Scripture seemed sepoys Serampore shadow sister sleep smiles soon sorrow soul spirit suffering sweet Tavoy Tavoyan teacher tears tender thee thine things thou thought tion toil town voice watch weep wife words young zayat
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Page 86 - flowers with tearful eyea, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them in his sheaves. 'My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,
Page 18 - soul till Thou, oh Lord ! Shall deign to touch its lifeless chord— Till waked by Thee, its breath shall rise, In music, worthy of the skies." Moore. . F Sarah's early religious impressions
Page 74 - blessed, its beams who shed! Shrink not till the day-spring hath its birth, Till, wherever the footstep of man doth tread. Salvation's banner spread widely forth, Shall gild the dream of the cradle-bed. And clear the tomb From its lingering gloom, For the aged to rest his weary head,
Page 147 - Toiling—rejoicing—sorrowing," The Christian " onward goes ; Each morning sees some task begin. Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted,
Page 207 - Oh ! who could tear life's stormy doom. Did not Thy wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom. Our peace-hranch from
Page 232 - Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close ; And breathed the long, long night away, In Btatue-like repose. But
Page 248 - the 21st of her missionary life. She sleeps sweetly here on this rock of the ocean, Away from the home of her youth, And far from the land where with heartfelt devotion, She scattered the bright beams of truth.
Page 245 - endeavoring to administer relief to the distressed body and consolation to the departing soul. At two o'clock .in the morning, wishing to obtain one more token of recognition, I roused her attention, and said, ' Do you still love the Saviour ?' ' Oh yes,' she replied, ' I ever love the Lord Jesus Christ.' I said again,
Page 225 - Her translation of the Pilgrim's Progress, Part 1st, into Burmese, is one of the best pieces of composition which we have yet published. Her translation of Mr. Boardman's ' Dying Father's Advice," has become one of our standard tracts ; and her hymns in Burmese, about twenty in number, are probably the best in our Chapel Hymn Book—a work which she was