Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: Member of the American Mission to BurmahL. Colby, 1848 - 309 pages |
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... voices died away , The deep - toned timbrel ceased its thrilling sway ; And there , beside , no other music gushing , Were heard the solitary fountains rushing , In melody their song around was shed , And lulled the sleepers on their ...
... voices died away , The deep - toned timbrel ceased its thrilling sway ; And there , beside , no other music gushing , Were heard the solitary fountains rushing , In melody their song around was shed , And lulled the sleepers on their ...
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... voice have been pleasant to me , As the streams that in Lebanon flow . Thy love was a wonderful , beautiful thing , More than kindles in woman's fond breast ; Not thy sister's young arms to my neck as they cling , More tenderly ever ...
... voice have been pleasant to me , As the streams that in Lebanon flow . Thy love was a wonderful , beautiful thing , More than kindles in woman's fond breast ; Not thy sister's young arms to my neck as they cling , More tenderly ever ...
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... voice of mourning ; and with it , up from the ashes of the buried dead , came another voice , and his blue eye darkened , and his bosom swelled with enthusiasm , as he listened . " A soldier has fallen ! to the field ! to the field ...
... voice of mourning ; and with it , up from the ashes of the buried dead , came another voice , and his blue eye darkened , and his bosom swelled with enthusiasm , as he listened . " A soldier has fallen ! to the field ! to the field ...
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... voice from the grave of Colman had reached a yet gentler spirit — a spirit as enthusiastic , as devoted , as noble as his own ; but one which , in its meekness and feminine delicacy , could reply only by sorrowful harp- ings . Thus sung ...
... voice from the grave of Colman had reached a yet gentler spirit — a spirit as enthusiastic , as devoted , as noble as his own ; but one which , in its meekness and feminine delicacy , could reply only by sorrowful harp- ings . Thus sung ...
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... voice , she can never go beyond his smile - what has she to fear ? What is the duty for which her spirit cannot be strengthened ? Yet , none the less to her , is there anguish in such partings ; and who can guess the additional heart ...
... voice , she can never go beyond his smile - what has she to fear ? What is the duty for which her spirit cannot be strengthened ? Yet , none the less to her , is there anguish in such partings ; and who can guess the additional heart ...
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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