| 1846 - 872 pàgines
...questions of those she loved she answered with a smile. The day before she died her father repeated — "Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are ; Whilst on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." and he added " Do you... | |
| Almond H. Davis - 1843 - 176 pàgines
...after witnessing such Christian fortitude, can for a moment doubt the virtue of religion, or, that " Jesus can make a dying bed, Feel soft as downy pillows are. " Soon after this, he went to sea in a vessel bound for New York, and was lost ! Benjamin, though equally... | |
| 1843 - 542 pàgines
...favourite hymn " Brought safely by his hand thus far, why wilt thou now give place to fear." The words, " Jesus can make a dying bed feel soft as downy pillows are," were then recited, and she was asked, whether they were true, when she emphatically answered, she found... | |
| 1897 - 678 pàgines
...Society. Tell them that Christ is very near me as I indite these words, and that I personally know that " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." Tell them to preach the simplicity of the truth as it is in Jesus ; to take the whole Word of God and... | |
| 1881 - 396 pàgines
...her wings in haste, Fly tearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she passed." " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." But had not strength to finish the verse. Just before her departure, a friend in attendance heard her... | |
| Henry March - 1844 - 136 pàgines
...verses, dwelling especially on the line — "To trust bis firm decrees." After a pause, she replied — " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." "Again the question was proposed, "Do you feel the Saviour precious to your soul ; that underneath... | |
| 1853 - 684 pàgines
...with the utmost composure, and even with delight? Their death is indeed a gentle and peaceful sleep. " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, Whilst on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." 6. But where was Enoch... | |
| 1845 - 494 pàgines
...things she told me was this, that she often thought of that sweet verse she learned at school — ' Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are,' etc. ; and that while lying there she often forgot the cold for hours together, when remembering the... | |
| 1856 - 880 pàgines
...and certain hope of a glorious resurrection to eternal life, and declared with her dying breath, " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." Now, as regards his own family, he might be said to be a/on« ; he had only one left, and that a prodigal... | |
| 1845 - 330 pàgines
...things she told me, was this, — that she often thought of that sweet hymn she learned at school — ' Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are," &c. and that while lying there, she often forgot the cold for hours together, when remembering the... | |
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