The Juvenile messenger of the Presbyterian Church in England, Volumes 12-131866 |
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... keep from crying . It put one in mind , too , of that day " when they shall come from the east and the west , and sit down in the kingdom of God with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , " to see the curious assemblage of races seated around ...
... keep from crying . It put one in mind , too , of that day " when they shall come from the east and the west , and sit down in the kingdom of God with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , " to see the curious assemblage of races seated around ...
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... keep found the light , " said one , " the the right course . But after a while way is here . " " No , " cried another , the darkness became thick and " my lantern shows the road , and it heavy . Scarce one little ray was is there . " A ...
... keep found the light , " said one , " the the right course . But after a while way is here . " " No , " cried another , the darkness became thick and " my lantern shows the road , and it heavy . Scarce one little ray was is there . " A ...
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... keep what is not mine , and my parents would not be pleased if I took the note home ; they might suppose I had SOMETHING LEFT . " THREE things , " said the Rev. Dr. Henry , " appear to be uninjured by the Fall - the song of birds , the ...
... keep what is not mine , and my parents would not be pleased if I took the note home ; they might suppose I had SOMETHING LEFT . " THREE things , " said the Rev. Dr. Henry , " appear to be uninjured by the Fall - the song of birds , the ...
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... keep the peace for the future , but they have paid over 260 taels ( about £ 90 ) as in- spirit . Their strict adherence to truth in the whole proceeding has been a glorious testimony to the gospel . Most touching have often been their ...
... keep the peace for the future , but they have paid over 260 taels ( about £ 90 ) as in- spirit . Their strict adherence to truth in the whole proceeding has been a glorious testimony to the gospel . Most touching have often been their ...
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... keep holiday together . The hum of business ceases entirely , and you can almost hear the sigh of relief that heaves the bosom of the whole land . This universal and absolute Sabbath ( rest ) is marvel- lous and peculiarly grateful to ...
... keep holiday together . The hum of business ceases entirely , and you can almost hear the sigh of relief that heaves the bosom of the whole land . This universal and absolute Sabbath ( rest ) is marvel- lous and peculiarly grateful to ...
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Page 18 - And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, " Zaccheus, make haste, and come down ; for to-day I must abide at thy house.
Page 186 - WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here : Fixed in an eternal state, They have done with all below : We a little longer wait, But how little none can know.
Page 17 - Then went the jury out, whose names were, Mr. Blindman, Mr. No-good, Mr. Malice, Mr. Love-lust, Mr. Liveloose, Mr. Heady, Mr. High-mind, Mr. Enmity, Mr. Liar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hate-light, and Mr. Implacable; who every one gave in his private verdict against him among themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. And first, among themselves, Mr. Blind-man, the foreman, said, I see dearly that this man is a heretic. Then said Mr. No-good, Away with such a...
Page 97 - Now I saw in my dream that these two men went in at the gate: and lo, as they entered, they were transfigured, and they had raiment put on that shone like gold. There...
Page 29 - Now there was not far from the place where they lay, a Castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair, and it was in his grounds they now were sleeping : wherefore he, getting up in the morning early, and walking up and down in his fields, caught Christian and Hopeful asleep in his grounds. Then with a grim and surly voice he bid them awake, and asked them whence they were ? and what they did in his grounds ? They told him they were Pilgrims, and that they had lost their way....
Page 80 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus;" " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
Page 24 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 18 - And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Page 81 - Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man ? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we...
Page 16 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die?