The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend, Volume 1David H. Ela, 1841 |
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... given To cast their sunshine o'er thee ? What cord unites thy soul to heaven , Where visions glide before thee ? For wandering smiles of cloudless mirth O'er thy glad features beaming , Say , not a thought a form of earth Alloys thine ...
... given To cast their sunshine o'er thee ? What cord unites thy soul to heaven , Where visions glide before thee ? For wandering smiles of cloudless mirth O'er thy glad features beaming , Say , not a thought a form of earth Alloys thine ...
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... who knows and believes the love which God hath to her , and , therefore , seeks to obtain , by the Spirit , all those things of holiness and love which will be freely given to her of God ; INVITATION TO A FASHIONABLE PARTY . 19 who , in.
... who knows and believes the love which God hath to her , and , therefore , seeks to obtain , by the Spirit , all those things of holiness and love which will be freely given to her of God ; INVITATION TO A FASHIONABLE PARTY . 19 who , in.
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... given them wholly away to thee - thou knowest that it is my supreme desire concerning them , that they may be delivered from sin , and be made to glorify and enjoy thee for ever " if they can go and make mention of his righteousness ...
... given them wholly away to thee - thou knowest that it is my supreme desire concerning them , that they may be delivered from sin , and be made to glorify and enjoy thee for ever " if they can go and make mention of his righteousness ...
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... given the office to the best scholar in England . " The Rev. Thomas Halburton , formerly Professor of Divinity at St. An- drew's Hall , had , until twelve years of age , a great aversion to learning . Manchester ( Eng . ) Sunday School ...
... given the office to the best scholar in England . " The Rev. Thomas Halburton , formerly Professor of Divinity at St. An- drew's Hall , had , until twelve years of age , a great aversion to learning . Manchester ( Eng . ) Sunday School ...
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34 RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORS AND READERS . Will they permit those whom God has given them , to breathe the contagion of evil society , of evil communications ? Let us especially ask if mothers will do this ? We are told of a mother , in ...
34 RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORS AND READERS . Will they permit those whom God has given them , to breathe the contagion of evil society , of evil communications ? Let us especially ask if mothers will do this ? We are told of a mother , in ...
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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...