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... asked God to make up for the loss of father and mother by giving you Himself ? ' " I have prayed to God every day , ' he answered ; ' my mother taught me to pray , but I fear I have never prayed aright . ' " His voice trembled with ...
... asked God to make up for the loss of father and mother by giving you Himself ? ' " I have prayed to God every day , ' he answered ; ' my mother taught me to pray , but I fear I have never prayed aright . ' " His voice trembled with ...
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... asked doubtfully , ' that I can become a Christian now ? ' " No doubt of it , ' I replied ; for God says , " Now is the accepted time ; behold , now is the day of salvation . " ! I turned to the fifty - fifth chapter of Isaiah , and ...
... asked doubtfully , ' that I can become a Christian now ? ' " No doubt of it , ' I replied ; for God says , " Now is the accepted time ; behold , now is the day of salvation . " ! I turned to the fifty - fifth chapter of Isaiah , and ...
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... asked to do for her will seem hard . And the reason is that you love your mother so much . Love is the motive or feeling that leads you to do for her whatever is required of you - and everything is easy that we do for love . We read in ...
... asked to do for her will seem hard . And the reason is that you love your mother so much . Love is the motive or feeling that leads you to do for her whatever is required of you - and everything is easy that we do for love . We read in ...
Page 65
... really hear your voice again before I die ? Now I shall die happy ! " Mr. Williams told him that he had not long to live , and asked him how he felt at the thought of dying , Mark his reply : - " I have been in great trouble this morning ,
... really hear your voice again before I die ? Now I shall die happy ! " Mr. Williams told him that he had not long to live , and asked him how he felt at the thought of dying , Mark his reply : - " I have been in great trouble this morning ,
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... asked him what he meant by this . " That mountain , " said he , " was my sins . The drop which fell upon it was one drop of the precious blood of Christ , by which the mountain of my guilt has been melted away . " How clear ! how simple ...
... asked him what he meant by this . " That mountain , " said he , " was my sins . The drop which fell upon it was one drop of the precious blood of Christ , by which the mountain of my guilt has been melted away . " How clear ! how simple ...
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Page 68 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 163 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet ; and bring hither the fatted calf and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
Page 103 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 17 - Dear, dying Lamb, thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 62 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 27 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
Page 198 - Medallion on side, 5s. ; gilt, 7s. 6d. Our Four-Footed Friends ; or, The History of Manor Farm, and the People and Animals there. By Mary Howitt.
Page 192 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will hear, and thou shalt glorify me...
Page 135 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Page 17 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.