 | John Alonzo Clark - 1836 - 412 pàgines
...came on. " ' Hard to bear,' she whispered ; and then, exhausted, sank on her pillow. " I repeated, ' Jesus can make a dying bed, Feel soft as downy pillows are.' " ' True,' she said ; then whispered, ' read, read.' " I took the Bible which lay by her, and commenced... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1836 - 386 pàgines
...answer " No." And again, "Are you happy?" "Yes. Peace, peace." How true is the saying of the poet, " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are !'* At one time she spoke with great energy of the goodness of God to herself and her family, and then... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - 1836 - 640 pàgines
...wings in haste; Fly fearless through death's iron gate, -•Mir feel the terrors as she pass'd. d 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. tJ«yO« Victory over death.... | |
 | 1837 - 550 pàgines
...stretch her wings in haste, Fly fearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she passed. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. 468. CM ANONYMOUS. The Happy... | |
 | Pastoral recollections - 1837 - 296 pàgines
...are you afraid of death?" — " No." Her teacher repeated shortly after those lines of Watts : — Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are ; While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out softly there ; and asked her if she felt... | |
 | 1837 - 64 pàgines
...Dear mother," said she, in a low whisper, "she is ripe for the garner;" and to a friend near her, " Jesus can make a dying bed feel soft as downy pillows are." After an alarming paroxysm she said to her husband, " I am endeavouring to keep my mind stayed." "... | |
 | 1840 - 420 pàgines
...and it ii a hard thing to die, and it will be found so if you happen to die without Christ. But— " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." ' Oh ! yes," says Dr. Roden,... | |
 | Ambrose Edson - 1838 - 174 pàgines
...stretch her wings in haste, Fly fearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she passed. Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. After this hymn was sung,... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1838 - 326 pàgines
...But why do I complain ? He makes all my bed in my sickness." She then repeated those lines : — " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." " Yes," he replied, " he can, he does, I feel it." CHAPTER V. To develope the character of any person,... | |
 | John Stenson (of Chelsea) - 1838 - 560 pàgines
...our approaching souls away ; Still we shrink back again to life, Fond of our prison and our clay. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are • On his kind bnwst I'd lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. WATTS. Fear of Death.... | |
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Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. 
