The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend, Volume 1David H. Ela, 1841 |
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... Enough for great and small ; The oak tree and the cedar tree , Without a flower at all . He might have made enough , enough For every want of ours , - For luxury , medicine and toil , + And yet have made no flowers . The ore within the ...
... Enough for great and small ; The oak tree and the cedar tree , Without a flower at all . He might have made enough , enough For every want of ours , - For luxury , medicine and toil , + And yet have made no flowers . The ore within the ...
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affection beautiful blessed bosom brother Cambridgeport character charm cheerful chil child Christ Christian cultivate daughter dear death delightful divine grace domestic dress duty early earth earthly evil faith father feelings FEMALE PIETY floating dance gentle give glory grace habit hand happy heart heaven holy honor hope hour husband important infant infidel books influence instruction JACOB ABBOTT Jesus Kilpin kind ladies lake speeds live Lord LOVELINESS OF FEMALE LOWELL MASON manner marriage MARY BATEMAN maternal mind moral morning mother Mother's Assistant NATHAN RICE nature never nosegay obedience parents person pious pleasure pray prayer punishment religion religious Sabbath Sabbath school Savior sentiments sister sleep smile sorrow soul spirit sweet tears TEETOTAL tender thee thing thou thought tion truth voice wife wish woman word Written Young Lady's Friend youth
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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...