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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... taken that his young mind should not be clouded by gloomy repre- sentations of 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 ...
... taken that his young mind should not be clouded by gloomy repre- sentations of 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 ...
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... taken its flight . Self - denial and self - sacrifice were an impulse of his nature . Toil and watching among the sick were no trial . He loved to do good . To instruct others less favored than himself was his delight ; and for years ...
... taken its flight . Self - denial and self - sacrifice were an impulse of his nature . Toil and watching among the sick were no trial . He loved to do good . To instruct others less favored than himself was his delight ; and for years ...
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... taken captive by its vanities ; his nature was in its molding period . The anguish of a spirit which had withstood the influence of many revivals , and hardened itself under every reproof of Providence , the soul struggling against ...
... taken captive by its vanities ; his nature was in its molding period . The anguish of a spirit which had withstood the influence of many revivals , and hardened itself under every reproof of Providence , the soul struggling against ...
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... taken with cramp , some distance from him . Seeing the helpless condition of his friend , Mead swam for his rescue , but was seized convulsively by the drowning man , and so entirely disabled that both sank in thirty feet of water By ...
... taken with cramp , some distance from him . Seeing the helpless condition of his friend , Mead swam for his rescue , but was seized convulsively by the drowning man , and so entirely disabled that both sank in thirty feet of water By ...
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... taken with the same disease , and then the mother , frail at best , and exhausted with anxiety and watching , also falls a victim . Thus were Mead's patience and faith severely tested . July and August were spent in the sick - room ...
... taken with the same disease , and then the mother , frail at best , and exhausted with anxiety and watching , also falls a victim . Thus were Mead's patience and faith severely tested . July and August were spent in the sick - room ...
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