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... Once , as he was passing through the town , a sudden wind blew off a roof - tile , which fell on his shoulder , and struck him to the ground . His first words were , " It comes from above . " The bystanders laughed , and thought he must ...
... Once , as he was passing through the town , a sudden wind blew off a roof - tile , which fell on his shoulder , and struck him to the ground . His first words were , " It comes from above . " The bystanders laughed , and thought he must ...
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... once a poor boy in the Lanark mill , and who appeared before the directors of the London Missionary Society in a fustian jacket ! He has been in Africa as a Missionary for about sixteen years , eight of which he employed travelling into ...
... once a poor boy in the Lanark mill , and who appeared before the directors of the London Missionary Society in a fustian jacket ! He has been in Africa as a Missionary for about sixteen years , eight of which he employed travelling into ...
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... Once there was a boy in Liverpool , who went into the water to bathe , and he was carried out by the tide . Though he struggled long and hard , he was not able to swim against the ebbing tide , and he was taken afar out to sea . He was ...
... Once there was a boy in Liverpool , who went into the water to bathe , and he was carried out by the tide . Though he struggled long and hard , he was not able to swim against the ebbing tide , and he was taken afar out to sea . He was ...
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... once stolen from his home by a wild sort of people called Tartars , and by them sold as a slave to some Turks , who gave him the name of Ali Bey . He was a clever lad , and learned seventeen different languages . He was then made first ...
... once stolen from his home by a wild sort of people called Tartars , and by them sold as a slave to some Turks , who gave him the name of Ali Bey . He was a clever lad , and learned seventeen different languages . He was then made first ...
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... once travelling through a thick forest in Virginia ; the trees grew closely on either side of his path , and met over his head . No house was within sight , or any other trace of man . He was just considering how complete was his ...
... once travelling through a thick forest in Virginia ; the trees grew closely on either side of his path , and met over his head . No house was within sight , or any other trace of man . He was just considering how complete was his ...
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Page 161 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Page 95 - I ask Thee for the daily strength To none that ask denied, And a mind to blend with outward life, While keeping at Thy side ; Content to fill a little space, If Thou be glorified.
Page 94 - I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know ; I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go.
Page 77 - Him who has promised that he who gives even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple shall in no wise lose his reward...
Page 115 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Page 173 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll ; Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole : Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 68 - Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
Page 123 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 125 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 178 - Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb ; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.