A Memoir of Mrs. Henrietta Shuck, the First American Female Missionary to ChinaGould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1849 - Всего страниц: 251 |
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Стр. 35 - This is a good man ; here is nothing for me;" but when his master came to the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner...
Стр. 234 - If life be long I will be glad, That I may long obey : If short, yet why should I be sad To soar to endless day...
Стр. 236 - For infants left behind them in the world. "God keep my child!" we heard her say, and heard No more. The Angel of the Covenant Was come, and, faithful to His promise, stood Prepared to walk with her through death's dark vale.
Стр. 207 - The Christian would not have his lot Be other than it is ; For, while his Father rules the world, He knows that world is his. He knows that He who gave the best, Will give him all beside ; Assured that every good he asks Is evil, if denied.
Стр. 235 - twas brought, and by her placed. She looked upon its face, that neither smiled Nor wept, nor knew who gazed upon't ; and laid Her hand upon its little breast, and sought For it, with look that seemed to penetrate The heavens, unutterable blessings, such As God to dying parents only granted, For infants left behind them in the world. " God keep my child !" we heard her say, and heard No more.
Стр. 234 - My God, I wish them there ; My life, my friends, my soul, I leave Entirely to Thy care. 2 "My times are in Thy hand," Whatever they may be ; Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, As best may seem to Thee.
Стр. 41 - ... with younger, but not less intent observers. No sound interrupts the ascending prayer. The full harmony of a thousand voices wafts to Heaven the touching hymn. Countless hands, thrust toward the narrow passway, seek the last token of recognition. Even the aged, unaccustomed to tears, weep, not from bitterness, but in exuberance of love. But here are none of the customary inducements to convene a crowd. A ship sailing with passengers is no novelty. One of the number was, indeed, the pastor of...
Стр. 14 - And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Стр. 204 - I am their friend, their father, or their protector.' He doth not say, ' I am their light, their life, their guide, their strength, or tower ;' but only ' I am.' He sets, as it were, His hand to a blank, that His people may write under it what they please, that is good for them. As if He should say, 'Are they weak ? I am strength. Are they poor ? I am riches. Are they in trouble? I am comfort. Are they sick? I am health. Are they dying? I am life. Have they nothing ? I am all things. I am...
Стр. 46 - Her appearance satisfied me at once that she was amiable and thoughtless. There was no one of my charge whose prospects for long life were more promising than her own, and perhaps no one who looked forward to the future with more pleasing hopes of enjoyment. To her eye the world seemed bright. She often said she wished to enjoy more of it before she became a Christian. "Louisa, (for by that name I shall call her,) manifested no particular hostility to religion, but wished to live a gay and merry...