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... side . She had been seeking guidance from its wise counsels , and comfort from its precious promises while the lingering light lasted ; now she could see to read no longer , and was brooding over what she had read . Her face was paler ...
... side . She had been seeking guidance from its wise counsels , and comfort from its precious promises while the lingering light lasted ; now she could see to read no longer , and was brooding over what she had read . Her face was paler ...
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... side of his yearly accounts . I mingled with the merchant's sigh when he declared that his health was breaking with toiling too hard for the " meat that perisheth , " and thinking too little of that which " endureth unto ever- lasting ...
... side of his yearly accounts . I mingled with the merchant's sigh when he declared that his health was breaking with toiling too hard for the " meat that perisheth , " and thinking too little of that which " endureth unto ever- lasting ...
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... side when the sun is shining , and then what lovely colours , distinct outlines , striking figures , appear on those panes ! It is so with the window of revealed truth . Without the light of the Holy Ghost , it is comparatively dark THE ...
... side when the sun is shining , and then what lovely colours , distinct outlines , striking figures , appear on those panes ! It is so with the window of revealed truth . Without the light of the Holy Ghost , it is comparatively dark THE ...
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... side fore and aft . " So soon as we had recovered our feet , the carpenter and some others hurried below to ascertain what damage we had received . In a few minutes the men from below rushed upon deck , with the sentence of death ...
... side fore and aft . " So soon as we had recovered our feet , the carpenter and some others hurried below to ascertain what damage we had received . In a few minutes the men from below rushed upon deck , with the sentence of death ...
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... side of his boat , " what's the good of fighting your friends ? Don't you know that's all the same as serving your ene- mies ? " " You said t'other day as ' twas right to love enemies , Daddy , " said Jack . 66 Very like I did , for ...
... side of his boat , " what's the good of fighting your friends ? Don't you know that's all the same as serving your ene- mies ? " " You said t'other day as ' twas right to love enemies , Daddy , " said Jack . 66 Very like I did , for ...
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able Adams asked believe better Bible blessing called Christ Christian comfort coming deal dear death door expression eyes face faith father fear feel felt gave George give given God's grace hand happy hard head hear heard heart Holy hope hour Jesus John keep kind knew light live look Lord Lucy master mean mind mother neighbour never night once passed peace perhaps poor prayer present promise reason received religion remember repent replied rest returned Sarah scarcely seemed seen soon sorrow soul speak Spirit stand sure talk tell thank things thou thought told took trouble true trust truth turn unto wife wish wonder young
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Page 9 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 41 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 90 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 75 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said, "The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
Page 51 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 188 - No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date : But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
Page 51 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 185 - Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge ? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Page 306 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! ' ;" '""' As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Page 44 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.