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... death overwhelms them , and they are thankful and willing to listen to words of instruction and prayer . " Oh that any one had come to speak seriously to me , during the first days that I was brought in ! " said a poor girl who had had ...
... death overwhelms them , and they are thankful and willing to listen to words of instruction and prayer . " Oh that any one had come to speak seriously to me , during the first days that I was brought in ! " said a poor girl who had had ...
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... death - bed scenes . He longs to conduct the thoughtless and the giddy , for one brief hour , to the house of ... death , -these are not speedily forgotten ; they touch the tenderest sympathies of our nature , and have often drawn from ...
... death - bed scenes . He longs to conduct the thoughtless and the giddy , for one brief hour , to the house of ... death , -these are not speedily forgotten ; they touch the tenderest sympathies of our nature , and have often drawn from ...
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... death , but in the case we are desirous of realizing , there would be no ground for such a feeling , the prayer would be a daily one , the exhortation frequent , and the presence of the clergyman would be only regarded as an ordinary ...
... death , but in the case we are desirous of realizing , there would be no ground for such a feeling , the prayer would be a daily one , the exhortation frequent , and the presence of the clergyman would be only regarded as an ordinary ...
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... death they multiplied fast , and were introduced by St. Louis to Paris , and other French cities . The plan flourished in France , and was adopted under other forms and names . " The Country Clergyman , who spent several years in ...
... death they multiplied fast , and were introduced by St. Louis to Paris , and other French cities . The plan flourished in France , and was adopted under other forms and names . " The Country Clergyman , who spent several years in ...
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... death- beds to which it would administer a consolation that is now too often wanted ; and many are the young hearts which would be preserved by its purifying and ennobling presence from an infection worse than any evil influence which ...
... death- beds to which it would administer a consolation that is now too often wanted ; and many are the young hearts which would be preserved by its purifying and ennobling presence from an infection worse than any evil influence which ...
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