Times and seasonsWilliam Mack, 1883 - 192 pages |
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... become acquainted with the history and con- stitution of your own and other countries . Discipline yourself for useful and Christian work . And if you can gain some knowledge of art and general literature so much the better . For the ...
... become acquainted with the history and con- stitution of your own and other countries . Discipline yourself for useful and Christian work . And if you can gain some knowledge of art and general literature so much the better . For the ...
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... become the victims of evil habits . Such is the tenacity and the capricious tyranny of an evil habit , that it will sometimes show itself when you least expect it . You think you have purged your nature of it , when suddenly it makes ...
... become the victims of evil habits . Such is the tenacity and the capricious tyranny of an evil habit , that it will sometimes show itself when you least expect it . You think you have purged your nature of it , when suddenly it makes ...
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... becomes more and more agreeable , till at length a resolution is formed never to change . Some continue unmarried through a certain inde- pendency of character , showing itself in odd manners and ways , which increases with years . That ...
... becomes more and more agreeable , till at length a resolution is formed never to change . Some continue unmarried through a certain inde- pendency of character , showing itself in odd manners and ways , which increases with years . That ...
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... becoming fastidious , finical , difficult to please . They are often over - precise and abounding in mannerisms . Not seldom ... become selfish , -to think only of their own interests , their own pains and pleasures , losses and gains ...
... becoming fastidious , finical , difficult to please . They are often over - precise and abounding in mannerisms . Not seldom ... become selfish , -to think only of their own interests , their own pains and pleasures , losses and gains ...
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... becomes tender and thoughtful and considerate , and his whole nature rich and generous . Sometimes , though not often , one meets with specimens of unmarried life more unlovely than mere selfishness ; old bachelors , hard and cruel ...
... becomes tender and thoughtful and considerate , and his whole nature rich and generous . Sometimes , though not often , one meets with specimens of unmarried life more unlovely than mere selfishness ; old bachelors , hard and cruel ...
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adversity affection beautiful blessedness blessing bright celibacy character child CHRIST Christian comfort dead dear death Divine DOUGLAS JERROLD duties dying earth earthly EDWARD IRVING endeavour eternal evil faith father fear feel friends give glory GOD's grave grief grow hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly honour hope hour husband JEREMY TAYLOR JESUS JESUS CHRIST JOHN ANDERSON kingdom of heaven labour live look LORD marriage married MARY CARPENTER MATTHEW HENRY mind mother nature NEBUCHADNEZZAR never night NORMAN MACLEOD old age OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES pain parents perfect persons possession prayer present prosperity religion remember rest resurrection rich Sabbath says season sleep sometimes sorrow soul spirit strength success sweet teaches tender thee things THOMAS FULLER thou thought true truth unmarried unto voice WASHINGTON IRVING wealth weep wife wisdom wise woman words young youth
Popular passages
Page 175 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 123 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 18 - They parted — ne'er to meet again ! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder ; A dreary sea now flows between, But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 176 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Page 99 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour.
Page 84 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all ; and in thine hand is power and might ; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 175 - Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must give.
Page 88 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Page 37 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 153 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again...