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... FATHER'S LETTER . Nor many years since there lived , in one of the suburbs of a great city , a happy little family , con- sisting of father , mother , and three children , -two little boys and a girl . The children's ages were eight ...
... FATHER'S LETTER . Nor many years since there lived , in one of the suburbs of a great city , a happy little family , con- sisting of father , mother , and three children , -two little boys and a girl . The children's ages were eight ...
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... father opened it , and showed it to their mother , she began to cry ; and the little girl eried , when she saw her mother cry ; and very soon her two brothers were in tears too . The letter was an order for their father to go to a very ...
... father opened it , and showed it to their mother , she began to cry ; and the little girl eried , when she saw her mother cry ; and very soon her two brothers were in tears too . The letter was an order for their father to go to a very ...
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... father's wishes and directions . " This was a very good plan , and they all liked it very much : so he sat down to copy his father's letter as neatly as he could . And so he did ; and very pleased were they all when they could repeat ...
... father's wishes and directions . " This was a very good plan , and they all liked it very much : so he sat down to copy his father's letter as neatly as he could . And so he did ; and very pleased were they all when they could repeat ...
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do not see Him ; but , like the father of these children , He has sent us a letter full of " good news , " of kind words , faithful promises , and useful instruc- tions . " Our Father's letter , ” I need scarcely tell you , is the BIBLE ...
do not see Him ; but , like the father of these children , He has sent us a letter full of " good news , " of kind words , faithful promises , and useful instruc- tions . " Our Father's letter , ” I need scarcely tell you , is the BIBLE ...
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... father pay for it ? " " I have no father , Sir , " answered Charley rather sadly . " Well , can't your mother pay for it ? " " She is very poor , Sir ; and I should hate to ask her for the money . " " What made you run away , when you ...
... father pay for it ? " " I have no father , Sir , " answered Charley rather sadly . " Well , can't your mother pay for it ? " " She is very poor , Sir ; and I should hate to ask her for the money . " " What made you run away , when you ...
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Page 30 - Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow : You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door...
Page 179 - His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Page 179 - And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of .Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Page 179 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 30 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 52 - I'd better roll away." The blade on which it rested, Before the day was done, Without a drop to moisten it, Would wither in the sun.
Page 268 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 31 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught...
Page 335 - Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Page 179 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.