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... given Edward my promise , it had been understood between us for many a month . One evening I had well nigh made up my mind to leave father , who was going on worse than ever . I was sitting , as it might be now , looking at the fire ...
... given Edward my promise , it had been understood between us for many a month . One evening I had well nigh made up my mind to leave father , who was going on worse than ever . I was sitting , as it might be now , looking at the fire ...
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... given me a good hope through his precious blood . It's borne in on me strongly that your father isn't dead , he will come home , and I trust to you , child , to keep a home for him ; who knows but you may win him back . He was a good ...
... given me a good hope through his precious blood . It's borne in on me strongly that your father isn't dead , he will come home , and I trust to you , child , to keep a home for him ; who knows but you may win him back . He was a good ...
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... given promise of better things . Perhaps nowhere have more of my race been killed than in homes cursed by drink , and yet here is one more come on a trembling venture , born of sad expe- rience and bitter self - reproach . For my own ...
... given promise of better things . Perhaps nowhere have more of my race been killed than in homes cursed by drink , and yet here is one more come on a trembling venture , born of sad expe- rience and bitter self - reproach . For my own ...
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... given to him by his Father , and he bought them by his own precious blood . They shall be mine , saith the Lord , in the day that I make up my jewels . " They are his peculiar treasure , vessels of mercy and honour , and their names are ...
... given to him by his Father , and he bought them by his own precious blood . They shall be mine , saith the Lord , in the day that I make up my jewels . " They are his peculiar treasure , vessels of mercy and honour , and their names are ...
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... given us wisdom to understand that our quick run out had brought us into the latitude of ice too early in the season , and then we might have hauled off for a few days till the ice had dispersed : but the covetous desire to be first in ...
... given us wisdom to understand that our quick run out had brought us into the latitude of ice too early in the season , and then we might have hauled off for a few days till the ice had dispersed : but the covetous desire to be first in ...
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Aceldama Amen Break asked believe better Bible blessing called cheerful Christian comfort Crabs curious female dear Divine door elder Christian eyes faith father fear feel felt George give glad Glaris God's grace grandfather hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven Holy Spirit hope husband Jesus Christ John Adams Kendall kind knew lapstone live look Lord Lucy mercy mind mother Nat Cantle neighbours never night once passed peace poor pray prayer promise religion repent replied Roman Catholic church salvation Sarah Sarah Adams Saviour scarcely seemed Shechem sinner soon sorrow soul speak Spoor sure talk tell thank thee things thou thought told took trouble true trust truth turned twenty-third psalm uncon unto vicar wife wish words yawl young
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Page 9 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 41 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 90 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 75 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said, "The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
Page 51 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 188 - No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date : But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
Page 51 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 185 - Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge ? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Page 306 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! ' ;" '""' As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Page 44 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.