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... grow in our hearts if we are not very careful to guard against them . There is pride for in- stance that is a great ugly worm . It makes the heart swollen , hollow , and unsound . Then there is selfishness : this is another ugly worm ...
... grow in our hearts if we are not very careful to guard against them . There is pride for in- stance that is a great ugly worm . It makes the heart swollen , hollow , and unsound . Then there is selfishness : this is another ugly worm ...
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... grow on the heads of bald people ; of taking out all the wrinkles from those who are growing old ; and of actually removing spots , and freckles , and yellowness , and sun- burn from the faces of people , and of making their com ...
... grow on the heads of bald people ; of taking out all the wrinkles from those who are growing old ; and of actually removing spots , and freckles , and yellowness , and sun- burn from the faces of people , and of making their com ...
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... sown his wheat in it ; the grain has been har- rowed into the soil . The rains have moistened it -the sun has warmed it . It is just beginning to God works Powerfully . 37 grow . There are thousands. 36 The Best Workers .
... sown his wheat in it ; the grain has been har- rowed into the soil . The rains have moistened it -the sun has warmed it . It is just beginning to God works Powerfully . 37 grow . There are thousands. 36 The Best Workers .
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... grow , and bear the full ears of ripened grain . But did any one ever hear the grain growing ? No. It is a great and important thing . The life of all who dwell upon the globe depends upon it ; but the large field of grain makes no ...
... grow , and bear the full ears of ripened grain . But did any one ever hear the grain growing ? No. It is a great and important thing . The life of all who dwell upon the globe depends upon it ; but the large field of grain makes no ...
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... grown any better than they used to be . The first grass that grew on the earth was as green as any that has grown since . The first flowers that bloomed were as beautiful and as fragrant as any that have since been seen . And so it was ...
... grown any better than they used to be . The first grass that grew on the earth was as green as any that has grown since . The first flowers that bloomed were as beautiful and as fragrant as any that have since been seen . And so it was ...
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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.