The Guardian, Volumes 20-21H. Harbaugh, 1869 |
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... happy home . Back of what we see , there is an unseen home - world here . But why not show us more of it ? Not for all eyes are the sacred arrangements of a godly household . What is she doing , anyhow ? The balls on the table look like ...
... happy home . Back of what we see , there is an unseen home - world here . But why not show us more of it ? Not for all eyes are the sacred arrangements of a godly household . What is she doing , anyhow ? The balls on the table look like ...
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... happy should we be to see its usefulness extending by an increase of circulation . It can easily be done . A teacher of a Sunday school can easily raise a club of subscribers among the other teachers . With very little trouble the ...
... happy should we be to see its usefulness extending by an increase of circulation . It can easily be done . A teacher of a Sunday school can easily raise a club of subscribers among the other teachers . With very little trouble the ...
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... happy . But to fill one's place well , however humble , that gives him true glory . Let sailors sing of the windy deep , Let soldiers praise their armor ; But in my heart this toast I'll keep- The Independent Farmer . When first the ...
... happy . But to fill one's place well , however humble , that gives him true glory . Let sailors sing of the windy deep , Let soldiers praise their armor ; But in my heart this toast I'll keep- The Independent Farmer . When first the ...
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... Happy Joseph ! A noble charge was entrusted to him ; right well did he preside over it . His history is beautiful to look at , and his salvation sure . How different is the sorrowful life of Mary ! Ah ! that heart with an arrow ...
... Happy Joseph ! A noble charge was entrusted to him ; right well did he preside over it . His history is beautiful to look at , and his salvation sure . How different is the sorrowful life of Mary ! Ah ! that heart with an arrow ...
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... happy investment , is rather a matter of good judgment and skillful management . It requires more brain and sleight of hand . The para- bles of " The Pounds " and of " The Talents " are plainly designed to tell us , what to do with our ...
... happy investment , is rather a matter of good judgment and skillful management . It requires more brain and sleight of hand . The para- bles of " The Pounds " and of " The Talents " are plainly designed to tell us , what to do with our ...
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Page 121 - 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 283 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 283 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 283 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 3 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother, And in the churchyard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 230 - MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Page 283 - His house was known to all the vagrant train. He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast. The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won.
Page 208 - Counsel is of two sorts; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business : for the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine...
Page 27 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 208 - Cor ne edito (Eat not the heart). Certainly, if a man would give it a hard phrase, those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts. But one thing is most admirable (wherewith I will conclude this first fruit of friendship), which is, that this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves.