Vicissitudes Illustrated, in the Experience of Nancy Towle, in Europe and America |
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... began to be , at the haunts of hil- arity and mirth . These , I very solicitously pur- sued ; and notwithstanding the clearest convic- tion of its being wrong , thus to improve the time and talents allotted me , for nobler ends on earth ...
... began to be , at the haunts of hil- arity and mirth . These , I very solicitously pur- sued ; and notwithstanding the clearest convic- tion of its being wrong , thus to improve the time and talents allotted me , for nobler ends on earth ...
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... began , at length , to confer with flesh and blood , and to say , " I can speak no more in the name of the LORD , for the tongue of the learned he has not given to me ; nor am I , in any wise , adequate to such an important undertaking ...
... began , at length , to confer with flesh and blood , and to say , " I can speak no more in the name of the LORD , for the tongue of the learned he has not given to me ; nor am I , in any wise , adequate to such an important undertaking ...
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... began , at length , to confer with flesh and blood , and to say , " I can speak no more in the name of the LORD , for the tongue of the learned he has not given to me ; nor am I , in any wise , adequate to such an important undertaking ...
... began , at length , to confer with flesh and blood , and to say , " I can speak no more in the name of the LORD , for the tongue of the learned he has not given to me ; nor am I , in any wise , adequate to such an important undertaking ...
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... began to be much alarmed for me , and to express their apprehensions in the strong- est terms , that I was ruining myself . They hence prescribed that my BIBLE , ( which had become my 12 VICISSITUDES ILLUSTRATED , & c .
... began to be much alarmed for me , and to express their apprehensions in the strong- est terms , that I was ruining myself . They hence prescribed that my BIBLE , ( which had become my 12 VICISSITUDES ILLUSTRATED , & c .
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... began now to be convinced , that upon this work of sav- ing souls , exclusively , my own eternal all depen- ded : and hence , said I , " Necessity is laid upon me , and woe is me if I preach not the Gospel ! " " It had never been , with ...
... began now to be convinced , that upon this work of sav- ing souls , exclusively , my own eternal all depen- ded : and hence , said I , " Necessity is laid upon me , and woe is me if I preach not the Gospel ! " " It had never been , with ...
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Page 149 - For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 281 - Messiah's name ! 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole : Till o'er our ransom'd nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 281 - What, though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strown; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny?
Page 280 - Greenland's icy mountains, -*- From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow 'soft o'er Ceylon's isle — Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile...
Page 197 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain : let all the inhabitants of the land tremble : for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Page 282 - Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness, Grant them, Lord, the glorious light; And from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night, And redemption, Freely purchased, win the day.
Page 160 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 281 - O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still and gaze ; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace. Blessed jubilee, Let thy glorious morning dawn.
Page 170 - Great is the work !" my neighbors cried, And owned the power divine ; " Great is the work!" my heart replied, " And be the glory thine." 4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies, Can give us day for night; Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight.
Page 281 - Waft, waft, ye winds his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ! Till o'er our ransom'd nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! THE BRITISH ВОЛУ.