Life and light for woman . TOL. XXIII. JANUARY, 189: No. I. BEpect Great XLbings from 60&. attempt (Breat ^bings for (5ot>. MY HEART REJOICES. All my heart this night rejoices,As I hear,Far and near,Sweetest angel is born their choirs are singing,Till the airEverywhereNow with joy is ringing. Hark! a voice from yonder manger,Soft and sweet,Doth entreat,Flee from woe and , come : from all that grieves youYou are freed;All you needI will surely give you. Come, then, let us hasten yonder;Here let and small,Kneel in awe and wonder;Love Him who with love is
Life and light for woman . TOL. XXIII. JANUARY, 189: No. I. BEpect Great XLbings from 60&. attempt (Breat ^bings for (5ot>. MY HEART REJOICES. All my heart this night rejoices,As I hear,Far and near,Sweetest angel is born their choirs are singing,Till the airEverywhereNow with joy is ringing. Hark! a voice from yonder manger,Soft and sweet,Doth entreat,Flee from woe and , come : from all that grieves youYou are freed;All you needI will surely give you. Come, then, let us hasten yonder;Here let and small,Kneel in awe and wonder;Love Him who with love is yearning;vHail, the starFrom afarBright with hope is burning I — Translated from the German. LIFE AND OES not Careys text, Enlarge the place ofthy tent and let them stretch forth the curtainsof thine habitations; fear not, spare not,lengthen thy cords, strengthen thy stakes ;,for thou shalt break forth on the right handand on the left; and thy seed shall inheritthe Gentiles and make the desolate cities to-be inhabited, afford as strong a foundationfor the second century of modern missions asof the first. Dr. Pierson says : There aretwo little sentences in this impressive textthat ought to furnish the motto of the new century. Carey did not emphasizethem, but I want to emphasize them,— Grudge not! Fear not! The twoobstacles toi the missionary progress and triumph of the Church to-day,—Iappeal to you who know most about it,—are they not these.* A spirit ofunbelief on the one hand, that fears to do great things for God ; and a spiritof selfishness on the other hand, that makes it impossible to do great thingsfor God. If God could cast out from us this day the demon of unbelief andt
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