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Page 87 - JESUS loves me ! this I know, For the Bible tells me so ; Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so.
Page 24 - What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Page 91 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so is the Lord round about his people," is "realized as most persons would wish or expect it to be.
Page 102 - ... time he arises in the morning until he goes to bed at night, this help and protection is being extended.
Page 3 - The happiest girl in Korea; and other stories from the Land of morning calm.
Page 23 - ... while you live; and when you die he will take you to...
Page 40 - Doctor prayed, commending these parents to him who hath said, " I will never leave thee nor forsake thee,"—
Page 17 - Oak-pun-ie, who hasn't any hands and only a foot ! And I did it, and he did! He took them all away. And he loves me, I know it inside here. Isn't that enough to tell your people? Lady, it's true, I am the happiest girl in Korea. Tell them ' Thank you,' please, for me ! " The missionary rose with tear-dimmed eyes, scarcely able to speak.
Page 14 - ... that would keep the hungry little ones left; hard work and cruel beatings added to the earlier companions, until the bitterly cold day when two hands and a foot suffered frost-bite and pain was added to the already...