The Sunday at Home, Volume 26Religious Tract Society, 1879 |
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... give a look nor a thought to the beautiful distance , the strange mirage behind them . One of them , by name Joss Coly , as he lay pros- trate , was rubbing the turf with the hand that did not support his head , and occasionally looking ...
... give a look nor a thought to the beautiful distance , the strange mirage behind them . One of them , by name Joss Coly , as he lay pros- trate , was rubbing the turf with the hand that did not support his head , and occasionally looking ...
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... give a week , and the voice of praise and prayer went up from it any attention to political matters , for it was the last week in more frequently at periods of special observance , such as Advent , and the entire village were as busy as ...
... give a week , and the voice of praise and prayer went up from it any attention to political matters , for it was the last week in more frequently at periods of special observance , such as Advent , and the entire village were as busy as ...
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... give him a passport as safe company . The gentle- man , who saw and felt this , replied , 66 Well , friend , we are all honourable men ' here ; which of us do you want ? " " Wants Honourable - summat ( his memory fail- ing him ) -Cox ...
... give him a passport as safe company . The gentle- man , who saw and felt this , replied , 66 Well , friend , we are all honourable men ' here ; which of us do you want ? " " Wants Honourable - summat ( his memory fail- ing him ) -Cox ...
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... give it to some one by the way , and here was a man who , poor , exposed to all weathers , and having a large family to support , seemed to be the proper person to have it . It was an ease to his heart to give it to him , especially ...
... give it to some one by the way , and here was a man who , poor , exposed to all weathers , and having a large family to support , seemed to be the proper person to have it . It was an ease to his heart to give it to him , especially ...
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... give them a safe exit from the city . Then Nimes itself was given up to anarchy , Protestants who dared to arm themselves in order to protect their families , were dragged before judges , who punished them instead of their tyrants . The ...
... give them a safe exit from the city . Then Nimes itself was given up to anarchy , Protestants who dared to arm themselves in order to protect their families , were dragged before judges , who punished them instead of their tyrants . The ...
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Page 284 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright...
Page 220 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright.
Page 7 - It can bring with it nothing, But he will bear us through; Who gives the lilies clothing, Will clothe his people too; Beneath the spreading heavens, No creature but is fed; And he who feeds the ravens, Will give his children bread.
Page 245 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 277 - Ye looked for much, and. lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Page 227 - And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Page 360 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies...
Page 443 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 443 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Page 442 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.