A Ray of LightRobert Carter & Brothers, 1867 - 158 pages |
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... in their gardens , the children are mostly all asleep , the birds at roost and the sheep folded , and silence and repose seem keeping guard over the little peaceful village . The sun has sunk to rest some , hours ago Y6T ...
... in their gardens , the children are mostly all asleep , the birds at roost and the sheep folded , and silence and repose seem keeping guard over the little peaceful village . The sun has sunk to rest some , hours ago Y6T ...
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... child in a low , drawling tone . " I am Millicent Ray ; is the baby ill ? " " I don't know . " " You don't know ! what did you want me to see the baby for then ? " " Mother sent me . ' " Well , but , my dear child , if A RAY OF LIGHT .
... child in a low , drawling tone . " I am Millicent Ray ; is the baby ill ? " " I don't know . " " You don't know ! what did you want me to see the baby for then ? " " Mother sent me . ' " Well , but , my dear child , if A RAY OF LIGHT .
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... child , with a lagging step , moved towards the gate ; " but you had better try and get home quickly , for if baby is ill you may be useful to your mother ; " thus saying , Millicent entered the cottage , and in a few moments set the ...
... child , with a lagging step , moved towards the gate ; " but you had better try and get home quickly , for if baby is ill you may be useful to your mother ; " thus saying , Millicent entered the cottage , and in a few moments set the ...
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... child . " Yes , dear mother ; but I shall be as quick as I can , and if there is not much the matter I daresay I shall be back before you have finished supper , -at any rate , time enough to light your pipe , father . bye for the ...
... child . " Yes , dear mother ; but I shall be as quick as I can , and if there is not much the matter I daresay I shall be back before you have finished supper , -at any rate , time enough to light your pipe , father . bye for the ...
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... child , she is hastening to the cottage where her services appear to be required . She knew the inhabitants of all the cottages in the row but one , and therefore felt sure that that must be the Wards ' ; it bore a desolate and untidy ...
... child , she is hastening to the cottage where her services appear to be required . She knew the inhabitants of all the cottages in the row but one , and therefore felt sure that that must be the Wards ' ; it bore a desolate and untidy ...
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Page 92 - When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Page 143 - Christ ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Page 92 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again ; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity ; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Page 92 - I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting ; in like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but (which becometh women professing godliness,) with good works.
Page 58 - BETTER trust all and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart that, if believed, Had blessed one's life with true believing. Oh, in this mocking world, too fast The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth; Better be cheated to the last Than lose the blessed hope of truth.
Page 123 - Yet is it a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back with interest ; A delight, but redolent of care ; honey -sweet, but lacking not the bitter.
Page 86 - This world is but the rugged road Which leads us to the bright abode Of peace above ; So let us choose that narrow way Which leads no traveller's foot astray From realms of love.
Page 46 - But now God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another's burdens ; for no man is without fault ; no man but hath his burden ; no man is sufficient of himself ; no man is wise enough of himself ; but we ought to bear with one another, comfort one another, help, instruct, and admonish one another.
Page 80 - God hath for a season lent Perchance to try thy spirit, and its bent, Effeminate soul and base — weakly to mourn,, There lies no desert in the land of life, For e'en that tract that barrenest doth seem, Laboured of thee in faith and hope, shall teem With heavenly harvests and rich gatherings, rife...