The Missionary Herald, Volume 94

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Board, 1898
Volumes for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
 

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Page 16 - I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live; and yet no longer I, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Page 281 - Dig channels for the streams of Love, Where they may broadly run ; And Love has overflowing streams To fill them every one.
Page 202 - Thou, who didst come to bring On Thy redeeming wing Healing and sight, Health to the sick in mind, Sight to the inly blind, — Oh, now to all mankind Let there be light...
Page 417 - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Page 279 - See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down : Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Page 219 - The mighty apostle cried ; Traversing continents, souls to seek, For the love of the Crucified. Centuries, centuries since have sped ; Millions are famishing; we have bread, But we eat our morsel alone. Ever of them who have largest dower Shall heaven require the more. Ours is affluence, knowledge, power, Ocean from shore to shore ; And East and West in our ears have said, " Give us, give us your living Bread.
Page 281 - For the heart grows rich in giving ; All its wealth is living grain ; Seeds, which mildew in the garner, Scattered, fill with gold the plain. Is thy burden hard and heavy ? Do thy steps drag wearily ? Help to bear thy brother's burden ; God will bear both it and thee.
Page 281 - The captive to release, To God the lost to bring, To teach the way of life and peace, It is a Christ-like thing.
Page 407 - hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?' — he ' laughs at the shaking of the spear!' Such living likenesses were never since drawn. Sublime sorrow, sublime reconciliation ; oldest choral melody as of the heart of mankind ; — so soft, and great ; as the summer midnight, as the world with its seas and stars ! There is nothing written, I think, in the Bible or out of it, of equal literary merit.
Page 285 - Serene their path they trod ; And to the dreary dungeon borne, Sang praises unto God. 3 Friends dropped the hand they clasped before, Love changed to cruel hate ; And home to them was home no more ; Yet mourned they not their fate. 4 In all his dark and dread array, Death rose upon their sight; But calmly still they kept their way, And shrank not from the fight.

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