Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: Member of the American Mission to BurmahL. Colby, 1848 - 309 pages |
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... sweet lullaby in cadence low . Oh ! to the way - worn pilgrim's closing eyes , How rare the beauty that about him lies ! Each leaf that quivers on the waving trees , Each wave that swells and murmurs in the breeze , Brings to his ...
... sweet lullaby in cadence low . Oh ! to the way - worn pilgrim's closing eyes , How rare the beauty that about him lies ! Each leaf that quivers on the waving trees , Each wave that swells and murmurs in the breeze , Brings to his ...
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... vast flower , and she a but- terfly , moulded expressly to sip its sweets . But this could not continue , and at the age of six- teen there came a change - a spirit - birth . The " lifeless chord " was touched at last , and A New Life.
... vast flower , and she a but- terfly , moulded expressly to sip its sweets . But this could not continue , and at the age of six- teen there came a change - a spirit - birth . The " lifeless chord " was touched at last , and A New Life.
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... Sweet child ! she wept when I told her of her danger- ous state . I reminded her of the shortness of time , the certainty of death , the value of the soul , and the terrors of the Day of Judgment ; and she appeared greatly distressed ...
... Sweet child ! she wept when I told her of her danger- ous state . I reminded her of the shortness of time , the certainty of death , the value of the soul , and the terrors of the Day of Judgment ; and she appeared greatly distressed ...
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... sweet will be my rest . " Another glimpse of the manner in which Sarah , young as she was , commenced her " new life , " may be gained , through the following to a friend . It is given as an apology for having neglected letter - writing ...
... sweet will be my rest . " Another glimpse of the manner in which Sarah , young as she was , commenced her " new life , " may be gained , through the following to a friend . It is given as an apology for having neglected letter - writing ...
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... sweet lines , which give a slight evidence of a drawing of the heart westward ; and con- taining a prophecy that , " Ere long , in bright glory the gospel's pure light , On each Cherokee dwelling shall shine ; " and we know , that at ...
... sweet lines , which give a slight evidence of a drawing of the heart westward ; and con- taining a prophecy that , " Ere long , in bright glory the gospel's pure light , On each Cherokee dwelling shall shine ; " and we know , that at ...
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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