Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher. 1st and 2nd seriesSheldon, 1869 - 299 pages |
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... this world who are like perfumed vases from which the perfume has fled , all the surrounding objects attracting it ; and so their life is not in themselves , but in their things . Ir is often said it is no matter what a LIFE THOUGHTS . 15.
... this world who are like perfumed vases from which the perfume has fled , all the surrounding objects attracting it ; and so their life is not in themselves , but in their things . Ir is often said it is no matter what a LIFE THOUGHTS . 15.
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... perfume of flowers is but their dying breath , when all is sunsetting and autumn , then I yearn for Him who sits with the summer of love in his soul , and feel that all earthly affection is but a glow - worm light , compared to that ...
... perfume of flowers is but their dying breath , when all is sunsetting and autumn , then I yearn for Him who sits with the summer of love in his soul , and feel that all earthly affection is but a glow - worm light , compared to that ...
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... perfume from every little censer it holds up to the air . WHEREVER Presbyterianism has existed , it has always been found a strong defender of liberty . Wherever Congregationalism has existed , it has always been the propagator of ...
... perfume from every little censer it holds up to the air . WHEREVER Presbyterianism has existed , it has always been found a strong defender of liberty . Wherever Congregationalism has existed , it has always been the propagator of ...
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... perfume of the flowers , faded and dried , of the summer that is gone . THE Puritan ideas were not seen to be of much value when they were first made known . They were like lands left by a father to infant children , which , when the ...
... perfume of the flowers , faded and dried , of the summer that is gone . THE Puritan ideas were not seen to be of much value when they were first made known . They were like lands left by a father to infant children , which , when the ...
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... perfume thereof . But there is to be another summer for it yet . Care for the root now , and God will care for the top by and by . I HEARD a man who had failed in business , and whose furniture was sold at auction , say that when the ...
... perfume thereof . But there is to be another summer for it yet . Care for the root now , and God will care for the top by and by . I HEARD a man who had failed in business , and whose furniture was sold at auction , say that when the ...
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