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... took liberties with the nice clean clothes that hung to dry in the little garden , or a " stupid iron " made itself too hot at the bars ; but the shower did not care for rude remarks upon its untimely interference , and the iron could ...
... took liberties with the nice clean clothes that hung to dry in the little garden , or a " stupid iron " made itself too hot at the bars ; but the shower did not care for rude remarks upon its untimely interference , and the iron could ...
Page 13
... took revenge in such a trail of blackness as left no doubt what had been there . There was no comfort now by " our own fireside ; " the children went shivering to bed , and blackened the sheet in their haste to get out of their mother's ...
... took revenge in such a trail of blackness as left no doubt what had been there . There was no comfort now by " our own fireside ; " the children went shivering to bed , and blackened the sheet in their haste to get out of their mother's ...
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... took her candle and went quietly up - stairs . But it was some time before Matthew Hill found his own door , and when he did so at last , he stumbled into darkness , and after a few ineffectual calls and complaints , lay down on the ...
... took her candle and went quietly up - stairs . But it was some time before Matthew Hill found his own door , and when he did so at last , he stumbled into darkness , and after a few ineffectual calls and complaints , lay down on the ...
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... of trouble in her face , but no ill - temper . Mrs. Hill took in the cause at a glance . All over the hearth , over the rug , over the beautiful C carpet for at least two yards round , over the More Things " put out " than the Brick . 17.
... of trouble in her face , but no ill - temper . Mrs. Hill took in the cause at a glance . All over the hearth , over the rug , over the beautiful C carpet for at least two yards round , over the More Things " put out " than the Brick . 17.
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... took no notice , and following to the nursery whither the mother went for her child , she kissed the little bright face , and breathed over it a prayer that its baby life might be shielded from discords of home , and love and peace ...
... took no notice , and following to the nursery whither the mother went for her child , she kissed the little bright face , and breathed over it a prayer that its baby life might be shielded from discords of home , and love and peace ...
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Page 90 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 7 - And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow.
Page 130 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 90 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 124 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 124 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
Page 162 - There are briars besetting every path, That call for patient care ; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer ; But a lowly heart that leans on Thee Is happy anywhere. In a service which Thy will appoints, There are no bonds for me ; For my inmost heart is taught "the truth" That makes Thy children "free;" And a life of self-renouncing love Is a life of liberty.
Page 91 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 81 - Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Page 116 - Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest !" He smiled and wept when he spoke these words.