Tales and sketches of Christian life in different lands and ages [by E. Charles].J. Nisbet & Company, 1850 |
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... opened them and made them child- like ? And was not that terrible sense of discord and sin and judgment under which he had writhed , the mere phantom of a diseased imagina- tion , the disturbed dream of an overworked and overtired ...
... opened them and made them child- like ? And was not that terrible sense of discord and sin and judgment under which he had writhed , the mere phantom of a diseased imagina- tion , the disturbed dream of an overworked and overtired ...
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... thanksgiving , and as the speaker rose to leave the hut , Cleon heard from within , again and again , the words , " Peace- peace - thy sins are forgiven . " At length the door opened , and a lady stepped 44 A TALE OF THE EGYPTIAN CHURCH.
... thanksgiving , and as the speaker rose to leave the hut , Cleon heard from within , again and again , the words , " Peace- peace - thy sins are forgiven . " At length the door opened , and a lady stepped 44 A TALE OF THE EGYPTIAN CHURCH.
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Elizabeth Charles. At length the door opened , and a lady stepped softly out into the street . When she had left the hut , Cleon followed her at a little distance , to watch that no harm befel her , until she entered the door of a large ...
Elizabeth Charles. At length the door opened , and a lady stepped softly out into the street . When she had left the hut , Cleon followed her at a little distance , to watch that no harm befel her , until she entered the door of a large ...
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... opened on a pleasant court , through which a stream was flowing . Isidore had passed the middle age , his face was furrowed , and his hair grey ; but there was a kind and happy light in his eyes , which drew the 48 A TALE OF THE ...
... opened on a pleasant court , through which a stream was flowing . Isidore had passed the middle age , his face was furrowed , and his hair grey ; but there was a kind and happy light in his eyes , which drew the 48 A TALE OF THE ...
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... opened a way back to God - your wife spoke of Him as forgiving sin , and making the sinner holy . I come to ask you know this way , and if you will show it me . I do not care what torture , and strife , and weari- ness there may be in ...
... opened a way back to God - your wife spoke of Him as forgiving sin , and making the sinner holy . I come to ask you know this way , and if you will show it me . I do not care what torture , and strife , and weari- ness there may be in ...
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Page 145 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Page 142 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 43 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors; the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Page 164 - ... not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it.
Page 98 - GIVE thanks unto THE LORD, for He is good : For His mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of THE LORD say so, Whom He hath redeemed From the hand of the enemy...
Page 231 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 42 - And stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to wash His feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 43 - Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint ; but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth...
Page 43 - Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who, and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him : for she. is a sinner.
Page 43 - And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.