Sarah Martin, the Prison Visitor, of Great Yarmouth: With Extracts from Her Writings & Prison JournalsReligious tract society, 1799 - 144 pages |
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... character , saying , " She is bad , but I am the worse ; " and the dear believer welcomed her Lord through death with- out a sting . The blessing of our Father was neither held back from me nor the children , but after a course of years ...
... character , saying , " She is bad , but I am the worse ; " and the dear believer welcomed her Lord through death with- out a sting . The blessing of our Father was neither held back from me nor the children , but after a course of years ...
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... character , and known to be a thief ; but there was no choice in our workhouse , for another able to teach reading could not be found . He , Edward Lenny , however , kindly entered into my views as respected the children ; and in a few ...
... character , and known to be a thief ; but there was no choice in our workhouse , for another able to teach reading could not be found . He , Edward Lenny , however , kindly entered into my views as respected the children ; and in a few ...
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... of other prisoners was attracted to it , and for a year or two afterwards , many continued to make copies of it . In 1827 , on visiting a young woman of bad character , who had attempted self - destruction , but 22 LIFE OF SARAH MARTIN .
... of other prisoners was attracted to it , and for a year or two afterwards , many continued to make copies of it . In 1827 , on visiting a young woman of bad character , who had attempted self - destruction , but 22 LIFE OF SARAH MARTIN .
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With Extracts from Her Writings & Prison Journals Sarah Martin. character , who had attempted self - destruction , but was mercifully discovered before life was extinct , I found that her mind was in a state requiring employment for her ...
With Extracts from Her Writings & Prison Journals Sarah Martin. character , who had attempted self - destruction , but was mercifully discovered before life was extinct , I found that her mind was in a state requiring employment for her ...
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... character and conduct of the turnkey was the occasion of great distress to me ; yet I would gratefully remark , that even he could not deprive me of respect from the prisoners , nor destroy my influence over them . Such was the state of ...
... character and conduct of the turnkey was the occasion of great distress to me ; yet I would gratefully remark , that even he could not deprive me of respect from the prisoners , nor destroy my influence over them . Such was the state of ...
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Popular passages
Page 106 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Page 96 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 98 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...
Page 78 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 43 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
Page 86 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 79 - As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Page 96 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 77 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 78 - Thou shalt also decree a thing, And it shall be established unto thee : And the light shall shine upon thy ways.