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CONVERSION OF A SINNER IN 1841

By Joseph Meek

Tell everybody you see that Joseph Meek, that old Pesky Mountain Sinner, has turned to the Lord.

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Missionary Hymn By REVEREND CUSHING EELLS

Go messenger of peace and love
To people plunged in shades of night;
Like angels sent from fields above,
Be thine to shed celestial light.

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Porm 1n Copy Boox By Mrs. CusHinc EELLs I go, my friend, where heathen dwell; Then if on earth we meet no more, Accept this cordial, short farewell, Till we shall meet on Canaan’s shore.

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Porm For Her Cuitpren Upon Leavine TsHIMAKAIN IN 1848, Arrer 9 YEARS By Mrs. ELKANAH WALKER Tshimakain! Oh, how fine Fruits and flowers abounding; And the breeze through the trees Life and health conferring.

And the rill, near the hill, With its sparkling water;