Times and seasonsWilliam Mack, 1883 - 192 pages |
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... comfort . There is a youth or girl , in danger of coming under the influence of evil com- panions and being led astray , to whom you may prove philosopher , guide , and friend , and whom you may save from ruin . There is a reclaimed ...
... comfort . There is a youth or girl , in danger of coming under the influence of evil com- panions and being led astray , to whom you may prove philosopher , guide , and friend , and whom you may save from ruin . There is a reclaimed ...
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... there can be no doubt , that for health and comfort and peace and character , for individual welfare and public good , wedded life is superior to celibacy . Both for man and woman , all that makes for CHAPTER III WEDDED LIFE -
... there can be no doubt , that for health and comfort and peace and character , for individual welfare and public good , wedded life is superior to celibacy . Both for man and woman , all that makes for CHAPTER III WEDDED LIFE -
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... comfort , or some other selfish object . If the parties are disappointed in their ex- pectations , they become peevish and revengeful ; and even if they realise their expectations , in the absence of affection , there is no happiness ...
... comfort , or some other selfish object . If the parties are disappointed in their ex- pectations , they become peevish and revengeful ; and even if they realise their expectations , in the absence of affection , there is no happiness ...
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... comfort and command , And yet a spirit still and bright , With something of angelic light . " " There should be mutual confidence and a mutual concern to avoid offence . RICHTER somewhere says , that " Love requires , not so much proofs ...
... comfort and command , And yet a spirit still and bright , With something of angelic light . " " There should be mutual confidence and a mutual concern to avoid offence . RICHTER somewhere says , that " Love requires , not so much proofs ...
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... comfort . Time passes and you review the yea look back on the period of youth and its t dreams of hope . You remember the days courtship and early married life ; and , thou are gone , - " Still o'er these scenes your memory wakes , And ...
... comfort . Time passes and you review the yea look back on the period of youth and its t dreams of hope . You remember the days courtship and early married life ; and , thou are gone , - " Still o'er these scenes your memory wakes , And ...
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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...