The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend, Volume 1David H. Ela, 1841 |
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... bring it to her . " O , mother , I want it , " says the child , turning with an imploring look toward her . " I cannot help that ; you must bring it to me . ' 29 " Why ? " says the child . " Do let me keep it a little while . " " No ...
... bring it to her . " O , mother , I want it , " says the child , turning with an imploring look toward her . " I cannot help that ; you must bring it to me . ' 29 " Why ? " says the child . " Do let me keep it a little while . " " No ...
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... brings submission and assurance from on high ! To one sustained by this gift from the Spirit , earth has no real change , no hours of gloomy darkness . He may see dear hopes destroyed ; and all the ills which wreck , forever , the ...
... brings submission and assurance from on high ! To one sustained by this gift from the Spirit , earth has no real change , no hours of gloomy darkness . He may see dear hopes destroyed ; and all the ills which wreck , forever , the ...
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... brings them into the right state to appreciate divine grace in the salvation of their children . Then , if grace renews them , are both parents and children prepared to say , " Not unto us , not unto us , O Lord , but unto thy name be ...
... brings them into the right state to appreciate divine grace in the salvation of their children . Then , if grace renews them , are both parents and children prepared to say , " Not unto us , not unto us , O Lord , but unto thy name be ...
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... bring him that he may appear before the Lord , and there abide for ever ' " I have lent him to the Lord , " ( the word lent signifies giving back , made over , ) I have lent him or made him over unto the Lord ; " as long as he liveth he ...
... bring him that he may appear before the Lord , and there abide for ever ' " I have lent him to the Lord , " ( the word lent signifies giving back , made over , ) I have lent him or made him over unto the Lord ; " as long as he liveth he ...
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... brings by sore dealing very low in the dust before him . Such trials and humblings we all need for our sins . Stay yourself then on God , and go calmly , firmly , perseveringly , onward . This of course implies all that is convin- cing ...
... brings by sore dealing very low in the dust before him . Such trials and humblings we all need for our sins . Stay yourself then on God , and go calmly , firmly , perseveringly , onward . This of course implies all that is convin- cing ...
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Page 275 - Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment: All thy wants are well supplied.
Page 237 - God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Page 92 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Page 251 - LORD, truly I am thy servant ; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 27 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 4 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me : he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 156 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 46 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 93 - Wouldst thou from sorrow find a sweet relief ? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ? Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief? Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold. 'Tis when the rose is...
Page 237 - Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace Upspringing day and night : — Springing in valleys green and low. And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? — : To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er his faith is dim, For who so careth for the flowers . Will much more care...