Memoir of Mrs. Mary E. Van Lennep: Only Daughter of the Rev. Joel Hawes and Wife of the Rev. Henry J. Van Lennep, Missionary in TurkeyWm. Jas. Hamersley, 1850 - 383 pages |
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Page 357 - Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invade thy bounds: no mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, While angels watch the soft repose.
Page 28 - Let the world despise and leave me : They have left my Saviour too ; Human hearts and looks deceive me : — Thou art not, like them untrue : And whilst Thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love, and might ! Foes may hate, and friends disown me : Show Thy face, and all is bright.
Page 28 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known, Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 28 - Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to Thy breast ; Life with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 0, 'tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me ; 0 ! 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Page 29 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. Soul, then know thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear. Think what spirit dwells within thee; Think what Father's smiles are thine; Think that Jesus died to win thee: Child of heaven, canst thou repine? Haste thee on from grace to glory, Armed by faith, and winged by prayer; Heaven's eternal day's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Page 29 - Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear : Think what Spirit dwells within thee ; What a Father's smile is thine ; What...
Page 357 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Page 28 - Go, then, earthly fame and treasure ; Come disaster, scorn, and pain ; In thy service pain is pleasure, With thy favor loss is gain. I haVe called thee Abba, Father...
Page 174 - ... the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ.
Page 376 - Ye are watching still in the valley of tears, But I wait to welcome you. Do I forget ? oh, no ! For memory's golden chain Shall bind my heart to the hearts below, Till they meet to touch again. Each link is strong and bright : And love's electric flame Flows freely down like a river of light, To the world from whence I came.