Times and seasonsWilliam Mack, 1883 - 192 pages |
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... wise counsels and tender love I am indebted beyond the power of words to express , I dedicate this work ; praying her to regard the act as a small tribute of her husband's high esteem and deep affection . WILLIAM WALTERS . PREFACE . THE ...
... wise counsels and tender love I am indebted beyond the power of words to express , I dedicate this work ; praying her to regard the act as a small tribute of her husband's high esteem and deep affection . WILLIAM WALTERS . PREFACE . THE ...
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... wise or safe if you could . Have hours of relaxation , and remember that you may transform them also into an education of the best kind . I believe in play for both children and grown - up people , -play for its own sake , and as ...
... wise or safe if you could . Have hours of relaxation , and remember that you may transform them also into an education of the best kind . I believe in play for both children and grown - up people , -play for its own sake , and as ...
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... wise and active conquer difficulties by daring to attempt them . ' Cherish a spirit of enthusiasm , for no great result was ever achieved without it . Never use any but strictly 66 " > honourable means to ensure success . Take no undue ...
... wise and active conquer difficulties by daring to attempt them . ' Cherish a spirit of enthusiasm , for no great result was ever achieved without it . Never use any but strictly 66 " > honourable means to ensure success . Take no undue ...
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... Wise and virtuous companions must prove a blessing . The Word of GOD is true , confirmed by all the facts of experience , " He that walketh with wise men shall be yet wiser , but the companion of fools shall be destroyed . " Make not ...
... Wise and virtuous companions must prove a blessing . The Word of GOD is true , confirmed by all the facts of experience , " He that walketh with wise men shall be yet wiser , but the companion of fools shall be destroyed . " Make not ...
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... wise , affectionate girl , even though she may not have a rich dowry . Young woman ! Despise not the offer of the manly will , the quick intelligence , the strong purity that denies itself in- dulgences and would make you a happy home ...
... wise , affectionate girl , even though she may not have a rich dowry . Young woman ! Despise not the offer of the manly will , the quick intelligence , the strong purity that denies itself in- dulgences and would make you a happy home ...
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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...