succorer

Example Sentences

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This dear friend is a succorer of many, and, I can truly say, of me in particular.

From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John

So she passed through life; the faithful friend, the patient, wise mother, the meek, tender wife, the succorer of all in distress.

From Elizabeth Fry by Pitman, Mrs. E. R.

Let patience be his helper, and praise-worthy conduct his succorer, and goodly deeds his army.

From Messages to America by Shoghi Effendi

Thus St. Vitus became the patron saint of those afflicted with the dancing plague, as St. Martin of Tours was at one time the succorer of persons in smallpox.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

“That ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succorer of many, and of myself also.”

From Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Robinson, Jane M. Bancroft (Jane Marie Bancroft)