The Peak in Darien, With Some Other Inquiries Touching Concerns of the Soul and the Body: An Octave of EssaysCobbe, Frances Power
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The Peak in Darien, With Some Other Inquiries Touching Concerns of the Soul and the Body: An Octave of Essays
Cobbe, Frances Power
Christianity; Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Women in Christianity
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A YEAR OF MIRACLE.
A Poem in Four Sermons.
BY WILLIAM C. GANNETT.
CONTENTS.
=1. Treasures of the Snow.=
=2. Resurrection.=
=3. Flowers.=
=4. The Harvest Secret.=
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