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... KIND IN MOST FORMER COLLECTIONS , AND SOME HUNDREDS IN ADDITION , ORIGINAL AND SELECTED . The whole Arranged and Classified on a Irm Plan . WITH COPIOUS TOPICAL AND SCRIPTURAL INDICES . BY THE REV . K. ARVINE , A.M. PASTOR OF THE ...
... KIND IN MOST FORMER COLLECTIONS , AND SOME HUNDREDS IN ADDITION , ORIGINAL AND SELECTED . The whole Arranged and Classified on a Irm Plan . WITH COPIOUS TOPICAL AND SCRIPTURAL INDICES . BY THE REV . K. ARVINE , A.M. PASTOR OF THE ...
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... kind to be found in previous collections , and several hundreds in addition , original and selected . ARRANGEMENT , CLASSIFICATION , AND INDEXES . - All anecdotal works which I have met with , two or three excepted , are of a very ...
... kind to be found in previous collections , and several hundreds in addition , original and selected . ARRANGEMENT , CLASSIFICATION , AND INDEXES . - All anecdotal works which I have met with , two or three excepted , are of a very ...
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... kind , accommodating mer- chants , who wish to suit their pur- chasers so much , that they can draw you wine with alcohol , or wine without alcohol , from the same cask . Well , sir , Mr. Ladd obtained his pure wine at a considerable ...
... kind , accommodating mer- chants , who wish to suit their pur- chasers so much , that they can draw you wine with alcohol , or wine without alcohol , from the same cask . Well , sir , Mr. Ladd obtained his pure wine at a considerable ...
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... kind word from her . Blessed , however , by Providence , he flourished greatly in conducting his late father's business , employing a number of men . He took his mother under his own roof , settled upon her a liberal an- nuity , and ...
... kind word from her . Blessed , however , by Providence , he flourished greatly in conducting his late father's business , employing a number of men . He took his mother under his own roof , settled upon her a liberal an- nuity , and ...
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... kind and attentive girl , who labours to support me , and omits nothing she thinks can afford me relief . May a gracious God remember it to her for good , " she added , wiping away a tear . Never , perhaps , was Gustavus more sensible ...
... kind and attentive girl , who labours to support me , and omits nothing she thinks can afford me relief . May a gracious God remember it to her for good , " she added , wiping away a tear . Never , perhaps , was Gustavus more sensible ...
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Page 611 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 384 - The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Page 332 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the...
Page 438 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Page 134 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 50 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 468 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.
Page 135 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 611 - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 611 - The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance, and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.