A Master Builder on the Congo: A Memorial to the Service and Devotion of Robert Ray Eldred and Lillian Byers Eldred

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Fleming H. Revell Company, 1916 - 192 頁
 

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第 114 頁 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
第 114 頁 - I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
第 189 頁 - Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.
第 185 頁 - Then along that river, a thousand miles The vine-snared trees fell down in files. Pioqpor angels cleared the way For a Congo paradise, for babes at play, For sacred capitals, for temples clean. Gone were the skull-faced witch-men lean. There, where the wild ghost-gods had wailed A million boats of the angels sailed With oars of silver, and prows of...
第 192 頁 - SLEEP on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest, Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast ; We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best; Calm is thy slumber as an infant's sleep, But thou shalt wake, no more to toil and weep.
第 185 頁 - Pioneer angels cleared the way For a Congo paradise, for babes at play, For sacred capitals, for temples clean. Gone were the skull-faced witch-men lean. There, where the wild ghost-gods had wailed A million boats of the angels sailed With oars of silver, and prows of blue And silken pennants that the sun shone through. 'Twas a land transfigured, 'twas a new creation. Oh, a singing wind swept the negro nation And on through the backwoods clearing flew: — "Mumbo-Jumbo is dead in the jungle. Never...
第 156 頁 - Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
第 6 頁 - Can I doubt henceforth in my choosing, if such a choice I must have, Between being wise and craven or being foolish and brave? Whenever the weak and weary are ridden down by the strong, Whenever the voice of honor is drowned by the howling throng, Whenever the right pleads clearly while the lords of life are dumb, The times of forbearance are over and the time to strike is come.
第 159 頁 - ... gain except by loss, There is no life except by death, There is no vision but by Faith, Nor glory but by bearing shame, Nor justice but by taking blame; And that Eternal Passion saith, " Be emptied of glory and right and name." RABAN; OR, LIFE SPLINTERS. 1880. WALTER CHALMERS SMITH. WORK AND SPIRIT. IS it the work that makes life great and true ? Or the true soul that, working as it can, Does faithfully the task it has to do, And keepeth faith alike with God and man ? Ah ! well ; the work is...
第 3 頁 - Gentiles, by word and deed, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Ghost ; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ ; yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation...

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