True Womanhood: Memorials of Eliza HesselHamilton, Adams, and Company, 1859 - 317 pages |
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Memorials of Eliza Hessel Joshua Priestley. How beautiful their rest , where falls the shade Of thy low walls , and ivy - mantled tower ! Where the unceasing murmur of the waves- Making low music - as a requiem falls Upon the pensive ear ...
Memorials of Eliza Hessel Joshua Priestley. How beautiful their rest , where falls the shade Of thy low walls , and ivy - mantled tower ! Where the unceasing murmur of the waves- Making low music - as a requiem falls Upon the pensive ear ...
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... rest from these warring elements within . I have desired to be holy , that I might be happy , and render those more so who come within the circle of my influence . Last Sunday this desire seemed to gain deeper hold upon my spirit than ...
... rest from these warring elements within . I have desired to be holy , that I might be happy , and render those more so who come within the circle of my influence . Last Sunday this desire seemed to gain deeper hold upon my spirit than ...
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... rest on the word of eternal truth , not on any amount of peace or joy I have or may have . God declares that I am saved through faith in the blood of the atonement . By two immutable things - His word and His oath - He hath confirmed ...
... rest on the word of eternal truth , not on any amount of peace or joy I have or may have . God declares that I am saved through faith in the blood of the atonement . By two immutable things - His word and His oath - He hath confirmed ...
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... rest . Her decease occasioned the following effusion from Miss Hessel's muse : — Thine is the victory ! The mortal strife , The struggle and the conflict , all are o'er ; And thou hast dropt the weary load of life , To feel its crushing ...
... rest . Her decease occasioned the following effusion from Miss Hessel's muse : — Thine is the victory ! The mortal strife , The struggle and the conflict , all are o'er ; And thou hast dropt the weary load of life , To feel its crushing ...
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... rest beneath . A mother's love , With all its quenchless , soundless , priceless wealth , Lies buried there . What saith the voice that speaks " Mothers ! From that young sleeper's tiny couch ? The flower fadeth . " Bend thine ear again ...
... rest beneath . A mother's love , With all its quenchless , soundless , priceless wealth , Lies buried there . What saith the voice that speaks " Mothers ! From that young sleeper's tiny couch ? The flower fadeth . " Bend thine ear again ...
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Page 167 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 1 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 166 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 307 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 281 - 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 —
Page 298 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 52 - Just as I am — and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come.
Page 52 - JUST as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God ! I come...
Page 118 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 102 - O the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound-like power in light...