A soldier of the Cumberland: memoir of Mead Holmes, jr., by his father [M. Holmes].American Tract Society, 1854 - 210 pages |
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... death , and also of Sumter's fall , a me- morial of his life will be a suitable tribute of a father's love , and , with the more imposing works of Stearns , Thompson , Bacon , Taylor , and others , by the divine blessing , do something ...
... death , and also of Sumter's fall , a me- morial of his life will be a suitable tribute of a father's love , and , with the more imposing works of Stearns , Thompson , Bacon , Taylor , and others , by the divine blessing , do something ...
Page xiii
... death — Lights on the battle - field — Character developed in the army — Desires to have his father a chaplain 159 CHAPTER XI . CAMP - LIFE CONTINUED . A soldier's influence upon his comrades - Indignation at Northern traitors ...
... death — Lights on the battle - field — Character developed in the army — Desires to have his father a chaplain 159 CHAPTER XI . CAMP - LIFE CONTINUED . A soldier's influence upon his comrades - Indignation at Northern traitors ...
Page xiv
... death- -Pa- rental grief - Testimony of comrades- -Circumstances of his ¡ death . . 186 CHAPTER XIII . THE FUNERAL . Christian lives a precious seed - The author's journey home - Ar- rival of the intelligence- Notice in the " Manitowoc ...
... death- -Pa- rental grief - Testimony of comrades- -Circumstances of his ¡ death . . 186 CHAPTER XIII . THE FUNERAL . Christian lives a precious seed - The author's journey home - Ar- rival of the intelligence- Notice in the " Manitowoc ...
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... death and the future state . Hence , during a severe illness , when I remarked in his presence that I feared he would not live long , he said , " Then , father , I shall go up to be with the holy angels and the blessed Jesus . " All was ...
... death and the future state . Hence , during a severe illness , when I remarked in his presence that I feared he would not live long , he said , " Then , father , I shall go up to be with the holy angels and the blessed Jesus . " All was ...
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... death - bed repent- ance . For , though his conduct had been irre- proachable , yet morality and amiability are a poor anchor to which to trust for salvation . Many thanks to the kind friends who so ten- derly watched by his bedside ...
... death - bed repent- ance . For , though his conduct had been irre- proachable , yet morality and amiability are a poor anchor to which to trust for salvation . Many thanks to the kind friends who so ten- derly watched by his bedside ...
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Page 195 - We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best...
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Page 70 - What mean ye to weep, and to break my heart ? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 217 - JUST as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God ! I come...
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Page 39 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 220 - Tis God that lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave ; He gives, and, blessed be his name ! He takes but what he gave.
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