Memoirs of the life of Martha Laurens Ramsay. With an appendix, containing extracts from her diary, letters and other private papers

Front Cover
 

Selected pages

Contents

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 72 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Page 18 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 32 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Page 143 - Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Page 153 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth: he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 33 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception: in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 33 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 153 - And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things ? I tell you, Nay ; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 43 - Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust His firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in His hands, And know no will but His.
Page 84 - THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ! heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.

Bibliographic information