The Young Woman's Friend, Or, The Duties, Trials, Loves, and Hopes of WomanWentworth, 1857 - 250 pages |
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... CALLED WOMAN . - GEN . 2 : 23 . THIS earth which we inhabit has rising from its surface some towering mountain peaks , now ranged in order , like the rocky ridges of the west , and now standing alone , like Etna or Vesu- vius . For ages ...
... CALLED WOMAN . - GEN . 2 : 23 . THIS earth which we inhabit has rising from its surface some towering mountain peaks , now ranged in order , like the rocky ridges of the west , and now standing alone , like Etna or Vesu- vius . For ages ...
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... called of God to a military mission , buckled on the armor , and placing herself at the head of the French army , gained several brilliant victories , but expiated her folly by being burned at the stake , and having her ashes cast into ...
... called of God to a military mission , buckled on the armor , and placing herself at the head of the French army , gained several brilliant victories , but expiated her folly by being burned at the stake , and having her ashes cast into ...
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... called no woman to preach in his day , nor have we any evidence that he has called any since . He chose men from different walks in life , and 22 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FRIEND .
... called no woman to preach in his day , nor have we any evidence that he has called any since . He chose men from different walks in life , and 22 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FRIEND .
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... called her . Chateaubriand discourses thus on this theme : " Man , in uniting himself to her , regains a part of his substance ; his soul , as well as his body , is incomplete without his wife : he has strength , she has beauty ; he ...
... called her . Chateaubriand discourses thus on this theme : " Man , in uniting himself to her , regains a part of his substance ; his soul , as well as his body , is incomplete without his wife : he has strength , she has beauty ; he ...
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... called her Woman . " When the man wants weight , the woman takes it up , And topples down the scale . * * Man for the field , and woman for the hearth ; Man for the sword , and for the needle she ; Man with the head , and woman with the ...
... called her Woman . " When the man wants weight , the woman takes it up , And topples down the scale . * * Man for the field , and woman for the hearth ; Man for the sword , and for the needle she ; Man with the head , and woman with the ...
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Abigail Abraham adorn altar beautiful behold blessing Boaz bosom bound called cast character child Christ Christian countenance daugh daughter death deeds Delilah drunkard drunkard's wife duty earth Esau father feelings female Florence Nightingale flowers friends girl give grace grief Hagar hand happy hath heard heart heaven holy hope husband influence intemperance Isaac Jacob Jephthah John Bunyan Laban lady LAURA GREENWOOD live look Lord marriage married mind Moab moral Nabal Nahor Naomi ness never night noble Orpah parents person Philistines piety pleasure poor prayer Queen of Sheba Rachel REBECCA EATON Rebekah religion religious Roselle Ruth Samson Sarai says sisters of charity society sorrow soul speak spirit tears tender thee thing thou Timnath tion told took true unto VALLEY OF SOREK virtues voice weep wives woman women words young youth
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Page 113 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Page 147 - Oh, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumber'd plan ! No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile ; From ostentation as from weakness free, It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Inscribed above the portal, from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star, Legible only by the light they give, Stand the soul-quickening words — BELIEVE, AND LIVE.
Page 230 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the orna-ment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 19 - Queen of this universe ! do not believe Those rigid threats of death : ye shall not die : How should you?
Page 68 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 91 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 108 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
Page 47 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 183 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Page 71 - And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye ? And they said, Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor ? And they said, We know him. And he said unto them, Is he well ? And they said, He i» well : and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.