A Memorial Discourse on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Concord Female Charitable Society, Delivered in the North Church, Concord, N. H. on Sunday Evening, January 26, 1862

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Steam Press of Mcfarland & Jenks, 1862 - 40 pages
 

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Page 23 - Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe! 3. When the most helpless sons of grief In low distress are laid, Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid. 4. So Jesus...
Page 5 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be to)d for a memorial of her.
Page 24 - When poor and helpless sons of grief In deep distress are laid, Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid. 4 So Jesus looked on dying men, When throned above the skies, And in the Father's bosom blest, He felt compassion rise. 5 On wings of love the Saviour flew, To raise us from the ground, And made the richest of his blood A balm for every wound ! The Accepted Offering.
Page 37 - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array ; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Page 2 - April, it was unanimously Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Dr.
Page 34 - they laid their hands to the spindle, and their hands held the distaff; " or when, with their knitting work or sewing, and baby, too, they went — unbidden, as the custom was — to spend an afternoon with their " neighbor women," by whom they were received with a hearty, unceremonious welcome.
Page 29 - And we all know the life you have led : you have been eyes to the blind, ears to the deaf, a tongue to the dumb...
Page 2 - January 26, and that a copy of the address be requested for publication. The...

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