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... Miss Dra- per , of whose seminary in Hartford she was a member , this tenderness of conscience was cul- tivated . To the daily requisition that the scholars should report any violation of the rules into which they had fallen , she was ...
... Miss Dra- per , of whose seminary in Hartford she was a member , this tenderness of conscience was cul- tivated . To the daily requisition that the scholars should report any violation of the rules into which they had fallen , she was ...
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... Miss Draper occa- sionally came and heard her recitations . She thanked her with the utmost gratitude , and numbered it among the causes which called forth her affection to her instructress - an affec- tion that was fully appreciated ...
... Miss Draper occa- sionally came and heard her recitations . She thanked her with the utmost gratitude , and numbered it among the causes which called forth her affection to her instructress - an affec- tion that was fully appreciated ...
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... Miss Sophia Leece , a young lady distinguished for piety , and whose death was eminently happy , awakened her to great depth and tenderness of feeling at an early age . She mentions this emphatically in a letter , as " that beautiful ...
... Miss Sophia Leece , a young lady distinguished for piety , and whose death was eminently happy , awakened her to great depth and tenderness of feeling at an early age . She mentions this emphatically in a letter , as " that beautiful ...
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... Miss Mars- ton , in Quincy , Massachusetts , of which she was for a time a member . She writes home earnestly , being then at the age of ten , that her needlebook , which had been accidentally left behind , might be sent her ; adding ...
... Miss Mars- ton , in Quincy , Massachusetts , of which she was for a time a member . She writes home earnestly , being then at the age of ten , that her needlebook , which had been accidentally left behind , might be sent her ; adding ...
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... Miss Marston thus mentions her in a letter . " We early discovered that she possessed an unusual share of intelligence and worth . I well remember the pleasure with which she pursued her studies , and the great facility with which she ...
... Miss Marston thus mentions her in a letter . " We early discovered that she possessed an unusual share of intelligence and worth . I well remember the pleasure with which she pursued her studies , and the great facility with which she ...
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affec affection affectionate affliction AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY anxious asked attention beautiful beloved bereaved Bible blessed Boston calm cheer child Christ comfort conversation countenance dear Margaret Dear mother death delight desire early earnest earth emaciated eternal expression eyes faith father feared feel fond friends garet gentle grace grave happy Hartford hath heal heart is fixed heaven heavenly HENRIETTA FLOWER holy hope impressed infancy kingdom of heaven letter look Lord loveliness lovely sisters MARGARET AND HENRIETTA Massachusetts mind Miss H mourn never night pain peace peated perfectly perusal piano piety pillow pleasant pray prayer Psalm Redeemer religious remarkable replied sanctifying grace Saviour scarcely Scripture seemed sickness soon sorrow soul spirit studies Suffer Suffer little children Sweet sisters teachers tears tender thought tion tionate trust unearthly unto utter Wheaton wish words writes young lady
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Page 15 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 15 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 25 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Eternal day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-fading flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Bright fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 61 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, It is well.
Page 67 - ... his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.
Page 73 - I paused where two sweet sisters lay In death's unbroken rest. There was a marble seat Beside that couch of clay, Where oft the mournful mother sat To pluck the weeds away, And bless each infant bud, And every blossom fair, That breathed a sign of fragrance round The idols of her care.
Page 76 - They're here in this turfed bed — those tender forms, So kindly cherished, and so fondly loved, They're here — Sweet Sisters ! pleasant in their lives, And not in death divided. Sure tis meet, Each blooming one, should linger here, and learn, How quick the transit to the silent tomb. 158. Forgive O Lord ! the parents wish, That Death had spared their son, And help them from their hearts to say,
Page 73 - mid the hallowed mound With velvet verdure dressed, I paused where two sweet sisters lay In death's unbroken rest. There was a marble seat Beside that couch of clay, Where oft the mournful mother...
Page 35 - I think I have in my affliction, that I can say, unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my trouble.
Page 78 - Ye no more shall see them bearing Pangs that woke the dovelike moan, Still for your affliction caring, Though forgetful of their own. Ere the bitter cup they tasted Which the hand of care doth bring ; Ere the glittering pearls were wasted From glad childhood's fairy string...