A Ray of LightRobert Carter & Brothers, 1867 - 158 pages |
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... gone to sleep . " The woman , who had stared at Millicent in be- wilderment at seeing her child so soon quieted , ex- claimed , " Well ! I never ! but what have you done to it then ? " 66 Why , you see all I have done - simply given her ...
... gone to sleep . " The woman , who had stared at Millicent in be- wilderment at seeing her child so soon quieted , ex- claimed , " Well ! I never ! but what have you done to it then ? " 66 Why , you see all I have done - simply given her ...
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... gone so long as most times , or thou❜lt come by a hiding , I'll promise thee . " The girl made no answer , but reaching down from a nail in the wall a dirty and much - torn bonnet , prepared to follow Millicent . The old folks had ...
... gone so long as most times , or thou❜lt come by a hiding , I'll promise thee . " The girl made no answer , but reaching down from a nail in the wall a dirty and much - torn bonnet , prepared to follow Millicent . The old folks had ...
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... gone , when she could not daily gaze on the face of the child who had been her comfort and support so long . As soon as Millicent had milked her cow , fed her chickens and the pig , and strained and set her milk , she started off to Mrs ...
... gone , when she could not daily gaze on the face of the child who had been her comfort and support so long . As soon as Millicent had milked her cow , fed her chickens and the pig , and strained and set her milk , she started off to Mrs ...
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... gone , poor fellow , and what we are to do I know not : there's nothing for us , Millicent , but the workhouse ! " " Don't say so , my poor Anne , something will turn up , perhaps . " " Ah ! I've always hoped that something would ...
... gone , poor fellow , and what we are to do I know not : there's nothing for us , Millicent , but the workhouse ! " " Don't say so , my poor Anne , something will turn up , perhaps . " " Ah ! I've always hoped that something would ...
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... gone , and the fresh comers had friends of their own to employ ; and she was just beginning to wonder how they should get on , when Robert Mason asked Mary to share his heart and home . This was a great comfort to Anne : she slaved ...
... gone , and the fresh comers had friends of their own to employ ; and she was just beginning to wonder how they should get on , when Robert Mason asked Mary to share his heart and home . This was a great comfort to Anne : she slaved ...
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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...