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... holy . " Attend the school constantly and punctually . And understand for what you are brought to school . It is not merely to learn to read , but to be taught true religion . And what is true religion ? Repentance towards God , faith ...
... holy . " Attend the school constantly and punctually . And understand for what you are brought to school . It is not merely to learn to read , but to be taught true religion . And what is true religion ? Repentance towards God , faith ...
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... holy . Read your Bible and pray to God daily . Think often of the words you have learnt : — " " Tis religion that will give Sweetest pleasures while we live ; ' Tis religion must supply Solid comforts when we die . " Next to this , be ...
... holy . Read your Bible and pray to God daily . Think often of the words you have learnt : — " " Tis religion that will give Sweetest pleasures while we live ; ' Tis religion must supply Solid comforts when we die . " Next to this , be ...
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... holy and useful life is more to be desired than a long or a prosperous one . THE BUTTERFLY . TAKE a beautiful butterfly , ( says our old friend , Peter Parley , ) look at it , mark the splendid hue of its wings : how variegated they are ...
... holy and useful life is more to be desired than a long or a prosperous one . THE BUTTERFLY . TAKE a beautiful butterfly , ( says our old friend , Peter Parley , ) look at it , mark the splendid hue of its wings : how variegated they are ...
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... Holy Spirit had wrought in her now hallowed soul ; - sweet expressions of confiding love , of solid peace . It would be impossible to relate them all : for as she drew nearer the closing scene , fresh manifesta- tions of Divine love ...
... Holy Spirit had wrought in her now hallowed soul ; - sweet expressions of confiding love , of solid peace . It would be impossible to relate them all : for as she drew nearer the closing scene , fresh manifesta- tions of Divine love ...
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... holy place ? 16 The merchandise of wisdom 23 Abraham's guests 30 The Passover . • Dec. 7 Elijah in the wilderness 14 Pharaoh's dreams 21 Bethlehem the city of David 28 The Ancient of Days · Genesis XV Exod . xii . 1 Kings xix Genesis ...
... holy place ? 16 The merchandise of wisdom 23 Abraham's guests 30 The Passover . • Dec. 7 Elijah in the wilderness 14 Pharaoh's dreams 21 Bethlehem the city of David 28 The Ancient of Days · Genesis XV Exod . xii . 1 Kings xix Genesis ...
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Page 95 - Some murmur, when their sky is clear And wholly bright to view, If one small speck of dark appear In their great heaven of blue. And some with thankful love are filled, If but one streak of light, One ray of God's good mercy gild The darkness of their night.
Page 320 - LITTLE drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the beauteous land.
Page 345 - Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Page 367 - Rang through the silence of the shrine. 2 The old man, meek and mild, The priest of Israel, slept ; His watch the temple-child, The little Levite, kept; And what from Eli's sense was sealed, The Lord to Hannah's son revealed.
Page 262 - Nought looks the same, save the nest we made!" Sad is your tale of the beautiful earth, Birds that o'ersweep it in power and mirth ! Yet through the wastes of the trackless air Ye have a guide, and shall we despair? Ye over desert and deep have pass'd — So may we reach our bright home at last ! THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD.
Page 229 - No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner.
Page 99 - Tis done: the great transaction's done, I am my Lord's, and He is mine: He drew me and I followed on, Charmed to confess the voice divine, 4 Now rest, my long-divided heart, Fixed on this blissful centre, rest; With ashes who would grudge to part, When called on angels
Page 367 - O give me Samuel's heart, A lowly heart that waits Where in Thy house Thou art, Or watches at Thy gates By day and night; a heart that still Moves at the breathing of Thy will.
Page 320 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Page 277 - Dressed in beauty not my own, When I see thee as thou art, Love thee with unsinning heart, Then, Lord, shall I fully know — Not till then — how much I owe. When the praise of heaven I hear, Loud as thunders to the ear, Loud as many waters' noise, Sweet as harp's melodious voice, Then, Lord, shall I fully know — Not till then — how much I owe.