Brief expositions of Scripture [&c.].Hodder and Stoughton, 1879 - 321 pages |
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... seemed to be to blossom and perfume for a few short days the breath of the vagrant air , or perhaps add the tenth of a mouthful to the provender of some stray forager of an unreclaimed land — that He could by no means be ignorant of ...
... seemed to be to blossom and perfume for a few short days the breath of the vagrant air , or perhaps add the tenth of a mouthful to the provender of some stray forager of an unreclaimed land — that He could by no means be ignorant of ...
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... seemed hopeless , for the room in which he had left them was so situated partly below the level of the ground , and in a low quarter of the town , that the water must have entered it and done its fatal work . And then his dear wife ; if ...
... seemed hopeless , for the room in which he had left them was so situated partly below the level of the ground , and in a low quarter of the town , that the water must have entered it and done its fatal work . And then his dear wife ; if ...
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... seemed inevitable . The father approached the table ; he looked at his children - they breathed ; he laid his hand upon them - they were warm ; they were in a sweet sleep . ' Miracle of mercy ! ' he exclaimed . ' The God of love ...
... seemed inevitable . The father approached the table ; he looked at his children - they breathed ; he laid his hand upon them - they were warm ; they were in a sweet sleep . ' Miracle of mercy ! ' he exclaimed . ' The God of love ...
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... seemed to relieve her . Oh , if I had but kept it ! but I have broken my word , and for some time now have been leading a sad and strange life ! But lately I have thought a good deal on my ways , and hearing that there was to be a ...
... seemed to relieve her . Oh , if I had but kept it ! but I have broken my word , and for some time now have been leading a sad and strange life ! But lately I have thought a good deal on my ways , and hearing that there was to be a ...
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... seemed to have faded from his mind , and he remained a devotee to the world . During this lapse of time , his mother had been taken to her heavenly home , and thus her personal influence over him had ceased . His father's professional ...
... seemed to have faded from his mind , and he remained a devotee to the world . During this lapse of time , his mother had been taken to her heavenly home , and thus her personal influence over him had ceased . His father's professional ...
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Page 194 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 281 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 274 - The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Page 277 - My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 241 - And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were sore displeased and said unto him, "Hearest thou what these say?
Page 208 - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Page 300 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 120 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 32 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
Page 17 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.