Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: Member of the American Mission to BurmahL. Colby, 1848 - 309 pages |
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... watches over my youthful days . " Much of her early poetry evinces the same disposition , for though not decidedly religious , it is on religious topics , mostly versification of Scripture scenes . In a large mass of tattered fragments ...
... watches over my youthful days . " Much of her early poetry evinces the same disposition , for though not decidedly religious , it is on religious topics , mostly versification of Scripture scenes . In a large mass of tattered fragments ...
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... When blooming health and strength shall fly , And I the prey of sickness prove , Oh ! wilt thou watch with wakeful eye , The dying pillow of thy love ? And when the chilling hand of death Shall lead me THE CONSECRATION . 41.
... When blooming health and strength shall fly , And I the prey of sickness prove , Oh ! wilt thou watch with wakeful eye , The dying pillow of thy love ? And when the chilling hand of death Shall lead me THE CONSECRATION . 41.
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... watches momentarily over our individual good , and marks out our paths in flowery ways , or sharpens the thorns beneath our feet , as He sees will best contri- bute to that good . She , of course , never doubted a general superintending ...
... watches momentarily over our individual good , and marks out our paths in flowery ways , or sharpens the thorns beneath our feet , as He sees will best contri- bute to that good . She , of course , never doubted a general superintending ...
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... watch , and obey , as a little child looks to his father's face , and reads his will in smiles or frowns , or in the glances of the eye . And bearing with her , ever after , this sweet trustfulness , she passed through other severer ...
... watch , and obey , as a little child looks to his father's face , and reads his will in smiles or frowns , or in the glances of the eye . And bearing with her , ever after , this sweet trustfulness , she passed through other severer ...
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... watch them till they had gained admittance to the town . This party was , from time to time , followed by several others , who talked in low tones of lost buffaloes , of which they seemed to be in search , till the wondering watcher ...
... watch them till they had gained admittance to the town . This party was , from time to time , followed by several others , who talked in low tones of lost buffaloes , of which they seemed to be in search , till the wondering watcher ...
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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