Letters of Martha Smith: With a Short Memoir of Her LifePiercy and Reed, Printers, 1844 - 228 páginas |
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... meeting prepare a testimony re- specting her ; for though the truth she advocated can never die , and her devoted ... meetings of Friends ; believing , as she frequently expressed , that man's love to his Creator is best tested by love ...
... meeting prepare a testimony re- specting her ; for though the truth she advocated can never die , and her devoted ... meetings of Friends ; believing , as she frequently expressed , that man's love to his Creator is best tested by love ...
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... meeting , in the winter of 1840 , she appeared to be laboring under a pulmonary affection ; but the ardor of her zeal being in no wise abated , she continued active until the following autumn , when the disease had made such ravages on ...
... meeting , in the winter of 1840 , she appeared to be laboring under a pulmonary affection ; but the ardor of her zeal being in no wise abated , she continued active until the following autumn , when the disease had made such ravages on ...
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... meeting - day , to attend the meetings I thought it right to visit . I think the performance of that journey , and the devotedness to what I believed was right , added more to my spiritual life than any one visit I ever performed ; and ...
... meeting - day , to attend the meetings I thought it right to visit . I think the performance of that journey , and the devotedness to what I believed was right , added more to my spiritual life than any one visit I ever performed ; and ...
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... meeting day ; ) but I must wait in patience ; he that opened it to me , can open it to them . " 66 A friend called to see her , on his way to meet- ing , and when about to take leave of her , on being told where he was going , she said ...
... meeting day ; ) but I must wait in patience ; he that opened it to me , can open it to them . " 66 A friend called to see her , on his way to meet- ing , and when about to take leave of her , on being told where he was going , she said ...
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... meeting . The friend replied , she had not visited her , neither had she seen her since she was disunited from Friends . She said , " I have visited her , and felt great satisfaction in a little sitting I had with her and the family ...
... meeting . The friend replied , she had not visited her , neither had she seen her since she was disunited from Friends . She said , " I have visited her , and felt great satisfaction in a little sitting I had with her and the family ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
11th mo 1st mo 2d mo 3d mo 6th mo amongst appears attended Baltimore become believe blessed Buckingham called cause cerning Chester county Christ ciety cousin creature DEAR BROTHER DEAR CHARLES DEAR HUSBAND desire divine doubt duty Edward Hicks elders Elias Hicks expressed faith favored fear feel feel my mind felt Fifth-day First-day hand hear heart hope thou wilt inform thee interesting kind labor leave liberty look Lord M. S. LETTER manifested mankind MARTHA SMITH meeting ment mind month Monthly-meeting morning nature never New-York overseer peace perhaps Philadelphia Plumstead present preserved Quarterly-meeting racter rejoice religion Richard Mott satisfaction seemed sentiments Society Solebury soul spirit stand suffering suppose testimony therein thereof things thou art thought thy letter tion told true trust truth week Yearly-meeting
Passagens conhecidas
Página 197 - Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place ; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed : and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Página 15 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Página 197 - Jews from another quarter, but thou and thy father's house shall be cut off; and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this...
Página 101 - Behold, how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity...
Página 187 - The catechism says that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever, which of course is applicable mainly to God as seen in his works.
Página 84 - Here is firm footing ; here is solid rock ! This can support us ; all is sea besides • Sinks under us ; bestorms, and then devours. His hand the good man fastens on the skies, And bids earth roll, nor feels her idle whirl.
Página 162 - Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; 'Twas grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
Página 25 - But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath-day...
Página 26 - In the first place, I was removed from all the wickedness of the world here. I had neither the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life.