Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay: Who Died in Charleston, S. C., on the 10th of June, 1811... With an Appendix, Containing Extracts from Her Diary, Letters, and Other Private Papers. And Also from Letters Written to Her, by Her Father, Henry Laurens, 1771-1776

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Samuel Etheridge, jun'r., 1812 - 270 pages

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Page 82 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Page 43 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 194 - Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be ? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Page 154 - Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Page 95 - THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ! heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 107 - Plenteous grace with Thee is found, Grace to cover all my sin; Let the healing streams abound; Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of Thee; Spring Thou up within my heart! Rise to all eternity!
Page 221 - Trials make the promise sweet ; Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to his feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 42 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Page 80 - PRAISE the Lord, O my soul ; and all that is within me, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul ; and forget not all his benefits.

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