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... L. H. SIGOURNEY . " Lovely , and pleasant in their lives , And in their deaths not divided . " PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY , 150 NASSAU STREET , NEW YORK , HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 47 * 74 Entered according to the.
... L. H. SIGOURNEY . " Lovely , and pleasant in their lives , And in their deaths not divided . " PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY , 150 NASSAU STREET , NEW YORK , HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 47 * 74 Entered according to the.
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... 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 book which her father had given her . " She and her little sister would ...
... 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 book which her father had given her . " She and her little sister would ...
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... death the fol- lowing lines in the pocket of one of her dresses , which she had worn at school during her last absence from the paternal roof . AT MUSING HOUR . BY T. WELLS . At musing hour of twilight gray , When silence reigns around ...
... death the fol- lowing lines in the pocket of one of her dresses , which she had worn at school during her last absence from the paternal roof . AT MUSING HOUR . BY T. WELLS . At musing hour of twilight gray , When silence reigns around ...
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... death of her sister . During the Sabbath , she scarcely left her bed . The next day the attack , which was violent bleeding at the nose , was repeated . It seemed to exhaust all her strength . Through the winter she had been bright and ...
... death of her sister . During the Sabbath , she scarcely left her bed . The next day the attack , which was violent bleeding at the nose , was repeated . It seemed to exhaust all her strength . Through the winter she had been bright and ...
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Lydia Howard Sigourney. • she was changed , as if the seal of death had been set upon her . As soon as she could move , she desired to be led to her sister's apartment . She was indulged . She stood close by her bed . They looked long ...
Lydia Howard Sigourney. • she was changed , as if the seal of death had been set upon her . As soon as she could move , she desired to be led to her sister's apartment . She was indulged . She stood close by her bed . They looked long ...
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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...