Recollections of a Forest Life: Or, The Life and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, Or George Copway, Chief of the Objibway NationC. Gilpin, 1851 - 248 pages |
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Page 96 - God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 107 - Happy art thou, O Israel : Who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, The shield of thy help, And who is the sword of thy excellency ! And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 61 - 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 ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 5 - There are briers besetting every path, That call for patient care ; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer ; But a lowly heart that leans on Thee Is happy anywhere. In a service which Thy will appoints, There are no bonds for me ; For my inmost heart is taught ' the truth That makes Thy children ' free ; ' And a life of self-renouncing love Is a life of liberty.
Page 101 - Partakers of the Saviour's grace, The same in mind and heart ; Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place, Nor life, nor death, can part.
Page 6 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 182 - O, if my poor brother could but read and understand that blessed volume, how soon would his dumb idols be " cast down to the moles and to the bats ! " Will no one go and tell him and his nation, of the boundless, beseeching, bleeding, dying love of a Saviour ; and urge upon them the importance of such a preparation of heart, as will enable them " to give up their account with joy ? " The Great Spirit is no respecter of persons ; He has made of one blood all the nations of the earth ; He loves all...
Page 234 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Page 50 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 32 - I will go to my tent, and lie down in despair; I will paint me with black, and will sever my hair; I will sit on the shore, where the hurricane blows, And reveal to the god of the tempest my woes...