| John Herbert Nelson - 1926 - 156 páginas
..." Something in the voice penetrated to the ear of the dying. He moved his head gently, smiled, and said,— "Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." Tears which did honor to his manly heart fell from the young man's eyes, as he bent over his poor friend.... | |
| William Brooke Graves - 1928 - 1326 páginas
...friend!" Something in the voice penetrated to the ear of the dying. He moved his head gently, smiled, and said, — "Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." Tears which did honor to his manly heart fell from the young man's eyes, as he bent over his poor friend.... | |
| Heywood Broun, Margaret Leech - 1927 - 324 páginas
...that Samuel had whispered to him in his last conscious moments a scrap from an old and familiar hymn: Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are. Anthony felt that his enlistment was a consecration not only to the cause of the Union, but to his... | |
| 1902 - 532 páginas
...Moss. 4. George, d. 5. Frnncit. 6. Martha Ann, b. 19 Feb., 1832, d. 9 Nov., 1846, se. 14 yrs., 8 ms. "She said: 'Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows ore, While on his breast I lean my head And breathe my life out sweetly there.' Thus sleeps her dust... | |
| Jane Silverman Van Buren - 1989 - 242 páginas
...recognition and said 'Mother' and then was gone."73 Tom's death is similar. He remarks on his deathbed: "Jesus can make a dying bed feel soft as downy pillows are." For Eva-Stowe, the mother-child triadic sign includes a martyred subject relating to a maternal object,... | |
| William Seale - 1992 - 332 páginas
...Frances Creath repeated the verses after her and fell asleep. Kneeling at the bedside Margaret whispered, "Jesus can make a dying bed feel soft as downy pillows are." "As on his breast I lay my head and breathe my life out sweetly there," said Mrs. Creath. Two hours... | |
| Moira Ferguson, Anne Hart Gilbert, Elizabeth Hart Thwaites - 1993 - 244 páginas
...marked the dying hour of this devoted woman; and in her we had a witness to the truth of the lines: — "Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are. While on His breast I lay my head. And sweetly breathe my soul out there." A dying Christian of the... | |
| 1994 - 270 páginas
...-in ' >i ' — HT — rJ ik A i_— — AU. SAINTS NEW, Continued, B Jesus. &c. "x € WhUe, &c. 5: Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While oft his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly =U i G H rf~E ££ breast I lean,... | |
| Religious tract society - 424 páginas
...flowed,) but six months ago she departed to her eternal rest, and on the eve of her departure sang — ' Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are. Ah, sir, there is no delusion here. Many would persuade me that faith in Christ is a delusion ; but... | |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 2006 - 114 páginas
...stretch her wings in haste, Fly fearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd, 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." My dear brethren and sisters,... | |
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