Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis: Wife of Rev. William Ellis, Missionary in the South Seas, and Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society ; Including Notices of Heathen Society, of the Details of Missionary Life, and the Remarkable Display of Divine Goodness in Severe and Protracted AfflicationsCrocker & Brewster, 1836 - 286 páginas |
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Página iv
... behavior at public wor- ship . - Reports of War . - Instance of treachery . - Last atten- dance at public worship in the islands . - Increased illness . - Offer of a passage to America . - A voyage declared iv . CONTENTS .
... behavior at public wor- ship . - Reports of War . - Instance of treachery . - Last atten- dance at public worship in the islands . - Increased illness . - Offer of a passage to America . - A voyage declared iv . CONTENTS .
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... increased value of their services and influence above what it could have been had they re- mained with their parents , will be ample compensation for the cost of their visit to the land of their fathers . Another objection to the ...
... increased value of their services and influence above what it could have been had they re- mained with their parents , will be ample compensation for the cost of their visit to the land of their fathers . Another objection to the ...
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... increasing care , and more ardently to desire high attainments in " whatsoever things are lovely and of good report . " The object of the believer's constant pursuit , an eminent degree of Christian excellence , is thus exhibited ...
... increasing care , and more ardently to desire high attainments in " whatsoever things are lovely and of good report . " The object of the believer's constant pursuit , an eminent degree of Christian excellence , is thus exhibited ...
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... increased by the perusal of such lives as those of Mrs. Graham , Mrs. Huntington , and others ; while He who is the hearer and answerer of prayer , alone knows how many yearnings of soul and aspira- tions MRS . ELLIS . 27.
... increased by the perusal of such lives as those of Mrs. Graham , Mrs. Huntington , and others ; while He who is the hearer and answerer of prayer , alone knows how many yearnings of soul and aspira- tions MRS . ELLIS . 27.
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... increasing knowledge , though of such transcendent worth , but from a love , which she had reason to believe the Holy Spirit had wrought in her heart for the truth , and for Him whose wisdom and mercy it displayed , and a desire to in ...
... increasing knowledge , though of such transcendent worth , but from a love , which she had reason to believe the Holy Spirit had wrought in her heart for the truth , and for Him whose wisdom and mercy it displayed , and a desire to in ...
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Página 83 - In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Página xv - Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Página 111 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Página 41 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Página 40 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Página 111 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That planned, and built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty, for rebellious man...
Página 149 - ALL hail the power of Jesus' name ! Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all.
Página 150 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 119 - To Jesus, the Crown of my Hope, My soul is in haste to be gone ; Oh bear me, ye cherubim, up, And waft me away to his throne...
Página 160 - ... loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.