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... soul to cheer No fanning zephyr lent its cooling breath , But all was silent as the sleep of death ; Their very footsteps fell all noiseless there , As stifled by the moveless , burning air ; And hope expired in many a fainting breast ...
... soul to cheer No fanning zephyr lent its cooling breath , But all was silent as the sleep of death ; Their very footsteps fell all noiseless there , As stifled by the moveless , burning air ; And hope expired in many a fainting breast ...
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... 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 I have learned but little , except that they ...
... 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 I have learned but little , except that they ...
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... soul , and the terrors of the Day of Judgment ; and she appeared greatly distressed . But alas ! I have reason to fear that her emotions were of a different nature from those I would fain ex- cite . I know that she loves me tenderly ...
... soul , and the terrors of the Day of Judgment ; and she appeared greatly distressed . But alas ! I have reason to fear that her emotions were of a different nature from those I would fain ex- cite . I know that she loves me tenderly ...
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... soul's immortality , independent of the Scrip- tures . You may well believe that this subject has engrossed a large portion of my thoughts ; and we have not yet finished the discussion . " An anecdote , illustrative of her faithful and ...
... soul's immortality , independent of the Scrip- tures . You may well believe that this subject has engrossed a large portion of my thoughts ; and we have not yet finished the discussion . " An anecdote , illustrative of her faithful and ...
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... soul , and the terrors of the Day of Judgment ; and she appeared greatly distressed . But alas ! I have reason to fear that her emotions were of a different nature from those I would fain ex- cite . I know that she loves me tenderly ...
... soul , and the terrors of the Day of Judgment ; and she appeared greatly distressed . But alas ! I have reason to fear that her emotions were of a different nature from those I would fain ex- cite . I know that she loves me tenderly ...
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Adoniram Judson Amherst anguish bear beautiful beloved beneath bereaved blessed Boardman boat Boodh Boodhism bosom Brahminism breath Burman Burmese Burmese language Calcutta called character cheek child Christ Christian church dark dear death dying earth earthly Elnathan English eternal father feel friends George Dana Boardman gospel grace grave grief hand heart heathen heaven Hlah hope husband hymns infant Jesus Judson Karens knew labour Lamb of God land letter little George living look Martaban Maulmain Mergui mission missionary morning mother mournful Nat worship native never night parents passed Peguan Pilgrim's Progress poor pray prayer precious priests Pwen Rangoon religion Sarah Saviour scarce scene seemed sepoys Serampore shadow sister sleep smile soon sorrow soul spirit suffering sweet Tavoy Tavoyan tears tender thee thine thou thought tion toil town voice watch weep wife words young zayat
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Page 22 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, While the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, When thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 135 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 210 - I have ever known in my own long life, it could be said that none knew her but to love her, none named her but to praise.
Page 216 - Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close. And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose ; " ' But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through Glory's morning gate, And walked in paradise.
Page 70 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 131 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling— rejoicing —sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 220 - Now, each must weep alone. My tears fall fast for thee, Love, — How can I say farewell ? But go ;— thy God be with thee, Love, Thy heart's deep grief to quell ! Yet my spirit clings to thine, Love, Thy soul remains with me, And oft we'll hold communion sweet, O'er tho dark and distant sea.
Page 121 - In a few moments he said to me, ' Since you spoke to me about George, I have .prayed for him almost incessantly—- more than in all my life before/ " It drew near twelve, the time for us to go to the boat.
Page 27 - Ganges' rolling wave; By the mother's tearful eye, Friends of Jesus, come and save! By that pilgrim, weak and hoary, Wandering far from friends and home Vainly seeking endless glory At the false Mahomet's tomb; By that blind, derided nation, Murderers of the Son of God, Christians, grant us our petition, Ere we lie beneath the sod! By the Afric's hopes so wretched, Which at death's approach shall fly By the scalding tears that trickle From the slave's wild sunken...