Recollections of Marion Lyle Hurd: In a Letter to Rev. Weston B. Adams

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W. Hyde, 1841 - 124 pages
 

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Page 56 - THERE is beyond the sky A heaven of joy and love; And holy children, when they die, Go to that world above.
Page 85 - His thorns and nails pierce through my heart, In every groan I bear a part; I view his wounds with streaming eyes: But see, he bows his head and dies! 3 Come, sinners, view the Lamb of God, Wounded and dead, and bath'd in blood!
Page 85 - His sacred limbs they stretch, they tear; With nails they fasten to the wood ; His sacred limbs, exposed and bare, Or only covered with his blood.
Page 118 - Tis well to have one day in seven, That we may learn the way to heaven ; Or else we never should have thought About his worship as we ought. And every Sabbath should be passed As if we knew it were our last; For what would dying people give To have one Sabbath more to live!
Page 21 - At that time she would sometimes kneel down and would say: " ' Mother, I am going to pray. What shall I say to God ? ' "'Ask God to make you good and give you a new heart.' '"What is a new heart, mother?' '"This was familiarly explained,' writes her father, 'and at the same time she was particularly informed of the way of salvation by Jesus Christ, and the steps God had taken to save sinners. We endeavored to impress upon her mind that she was a sinner and needed forgiveness, and God would forgive...
Page 24 - He adds, with conscientious caution, "If she was truly converted, we cannot tell when the change took place." Her parents hoped, however, after she had died two years later, that she had "entered 'the city of our God.
Page 21 - This was familiarly explained,' writes her father, 'and at the same time she was particularly informed of the way of salvation by Jesus Christ, and the steps God had taken to save sinners. We endeavored to impress upon her mind that she was a sinner and needed forgiveness, and God would forgive her sins and give her a new heart through Jesus Christ.
Page 80 - My darling little Miss, How good you've been to-day ! I'll give you a sweet good kiss, And lay you snug away." Reference has been made to the strong attachment Marion felt towards those little girls who were her companions at school ; and to be separated so much from their society as she necessarily was in winter, was a painful sacrifice to her feelings. Often, the last winter, would she amuse herself by weaving their names into rhyme, and in her way singing them over as she was engaged among her...
Page 43 - I called not : lie down again. And he went and lay down. And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me.
Page 49 - D. rection ; and they show in some measure the state of her moral feelings, the channel of her thoughts, and the subjects, which occupied at least a portion of her time. They were a Bible and Testament, Child's Book on Repentance, Life of Moses, Family Hymns, Union Hymns, Daily Food, Lessons for Sa.bbath Schools, Henry Milner, Watts

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