Memoir of Charles Lathrop Winslow

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William Peirce, 1834 - 108 pages
 

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Page 108 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 108 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole : Till o'er our ransom'd nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 108 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 104 - And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
Page 82 - Thy saints in earlier life removed, In sweeter accents sing ; And bless the swiftness of their flight, That bore them to their King. The burthens of a lengthened day With patience we would bear. Till evening's welcome hour shall show We were our Master's care.
Page 105 - Oh, can it be 1 — and yet, sure I am that I never before saw the Saviour so lovely, so desirable, — never considered as now the length, and breadth, and height, and depth of that love which passeth knowledge — the value of that fountain which is set open for sin and uncleanness ; — never saw the whole plan of salvation so perfect, so wonderful ; - -never with such feelings could say,
Page 93 - Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.
Page 82 - To thee we yield our comforts up, To thee our lives resign ; « In straits and dangers rich and safe, If we and ours are thine.
Page 39 - Star' will come to Madras next month, and as, just at this time, I feel that what I do must be done quickly, I commence a sheet, the first object of which shall be to give you some facts of our lamented Charles. " Had I anticipated the event which has so afflicted us, I could have treasured up many things, which to you and to us would be interesting, especially such as occurred in some of the last months and weeks he spent at home. As it is, my memory would do him less justice than my heart. I think...
Page 86 - His doctrine dropped as the rain, and His speech distilled as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.

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