The voyage companion: a parting gift to female emigrants. By the author of 'A word on behalf of the slave'.1850 |
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... hope , of engaging some portion of your time and attention during the long voyage which you are about to make . This attention you might possibly be more disposed to grant , did you expect to be amused and entertained by what the writer ...
... hope , of engaging some portion of your time and attention during the long voyage which you are about to make . This attention you might possibly be more disposed to grant , did you expect to be amused and entertained by what the writer ...
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... hope that they might , in some slight measure , aid you in cultivating that state of the mind and heart which will prove to be your best and only safeguard against blotting that page with folly and with sin . The Christian part of this ...
... hope that they might , in some slight measure , aid you in cultivating that state of the mind and heart which will prove to be your best and only safeguard against blotting that page with folly and with sin . The Christian part of this ...
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... hope that these influences may be so im- proved by you , that you will neither disgrace your country nor yourselves , but reflect honour upon both , let me proceed affectionately to request your atten- tion to some few points , which it ...
... hope that these influences may be so im- proved by you , that you will neither disgrace your country nor yourselves , but reflect honour upon both , let me proceed affectionately to request your atten- tion to some few points , which it ...
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... Hope on , hope ever , " is a maxim well worthy of being echoed from one side of the Atlantic to the other ; but is it not plain , to one of the least reflection , that this hope must be built upon the secure foundation of a good cha ...
... Hope on , hope ever , " is a maxim well worthy of being echoed from one side of the Atlantic to the other ; but is it not plain , to one of the least reflection , that this hope must be built upon the secure foundation of a good cha ...
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... hope in Heaven . " Rest assured , my young friends , that kind manners , right actions , and virtuous thoughts , not only afford in- ternal pleasures which the world can neither give nor take away , but impart to the external world much ...
... hope in Heaven . " Rest assured , my young friends , that kind manners , right actions , and virtuous thoughts , not only afford in- ternal pleasures which the world can neither give nor take away , but impart to the external world much ...
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Page 50 - And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Page 46 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 42 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Page 53 - OH ! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, — A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 49 - BEHOLD a stranger at the door ! He gently knocks, — has knocked before ; Has waited long — is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill.
Page 54 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 53 - GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land: I am weak, but thou art mighty ; Hold me with thy powerful hand : Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more.
Page 43 - EPITAPH ON AN INFANT. ERE Sin could blight or Sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care ; The opening bud to Heaven conveyed And bade it blossom there.
Page 50 - I create the fruit of the lips ; " Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near," saith the Lord ; and I will heal him.
Page 43 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways; While angels in their songs rejoice And cry, "Behold, he prays!