 | John Stenson (of Chelsea) - 1838 - 560 pages
...Fright our approaching souls away ; Still we shrink back again to life, Fond of our prison and our clay. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are • On his kind bnwst I'd lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. WATTS. Fear of Death.... | |
 | 1838 - 516 pages
...herself 'nto the hands of her Saviour, and soon after expired. " Jr -,t- can make a dying bed, Kcet Mift as downy pillows are ; While on His breast I lean my head, And b,eathe my life out sweetly there." MRS. OALL. AN OUTLINE OF HER FUNERAL SERMON, PREACHED ON THE 13tlt... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Christian biography - 1838 - 326 pages
...But why do I complain ? He makes all my bed in my sickness." She then repeated those lines : — " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are." " Yes," he replied, " he can, he does, I feel it." CHAPTER V. To develope the character of any person,... | |
 | Nathaniel Bouton - Christian biography - 1839 - 332 pages
...then requested a beloved sister in the church, Mrs. A., to sing, in an ancient favorite tune — " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast 1 lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." Soon after, she said — " Will you now sing... | |
 | Christian biography - 1839 - 272 pages
...conscious how soon her dissolution would take place, with her wonted calmness she replied, "0 yes, but ' Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are.' " And not long afterwards realized, we trust, all that her hopes had anticipated of an inheritance... | |
 | Isabella EDGAR, Frederick Vernon LOCKWOOD - 1839 - 116 pages
...Spirit. She said Jesus i2 99 had taken care of everything for her. I repeated to her that verse : " Jesus can make a dying bed, Feel soft as downy pillows are : When on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." She said the breast of... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Methodist conferences - 1840 - 582 pages
...sought rest ; That only bliss for which it pants In the Redeemer's breast. And at another time — " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows...on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life oat sweetly there." It is stated by those who attended his led of languishing, that, blessed with the... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Methodist conferences - 1840 - 674 pages
...calmly and peacefully, did he pass through " death's irqn gate, nor feel his terrors as he passed." " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows...While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my lifo out sweetly there." 24. CHARLIS P. MOORMAN was born January 22d, 1798, in Bedford county, Va.... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1840 - 684 pages
...calmly and peacefully, did he pass through 'rdeath's iron gate, nor feel his terrors as he passed." " Jesus can make a dying bed , Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And brealhe my life out sweetly there." 24. CHARLES P. MOORMAN was born January 22d, 1798, in Bedford count... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Methodist conferences - 1856 - 706 pages
...the near approach and fearful character of the last struggle, he triumphantly exclaimed, — " But Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, 'While on his breast / lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." " His end was peace !" The occasion of his... | |
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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 sweetl v there. 
