Little Bluebird, the girl missionary, by John Strathesk |
Common terms and phrases
afternoon arms asked basket Bible birds birthday blessed blue bouquets called carriage CHAPTER cheered Clayton crying darling darted dear child delighted Dick door dress Edith in astonishment eyes face felt Flower Mission forget-me-nots friends garden gave gingerbread give Miss Moore gold good-night happy happy returns heathen Holly Parks Hollybush horses Jesus Joe Fearnley Joe's Johnny Gibb kind kiss lady laughing letter little black little Bluebird Little girl missionaries little Tommie London Missionary Society looked Lovell Mary Ann meeting merry Miss Auckland Miss Edith Miss Moore's Miss Norton mission-work mite mother Moxon Naaman nice Norton and Edith nurse olive leaf orses papa and mamma parlour poor blind sister preach Preston replied Miss Fanny round sent Shrimp Mary sing Southport speak spoke stables sweet sweetly Syria tell tick to-night told vinery watch whip wished woman
Popular passages
Page 10 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story; And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 71 - See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small ; Love, so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Page 95 - I live for those who love me, For those who know me true, For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit too; For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance And the good that I can do.
Page 10 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 28 - Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea ! Jehovah has triumphed — His people are free...
Page 32 - Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church : whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well : • 7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
Page 52 - Oh, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer never meant ; And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken.