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... seemed to understand that I did so ; for it put its head to one side , then to another ; then preened its moist feathers ; then ruffled its throat ; then uttered two prolonged tweets , " that reminded me of the preparatory flourish of ...
... seemed to understand that I did so ; for it put its head to one side , then to another ; then preened its moist feathers ; then ruffled its throat ; then uttered two prolonged tweets , " that reminded me of the preparatory flourish of ...
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... seemed to create a marked difference between this morning and any other morning ? Coming , as it does , between a long line of faulty days and hours , and days and hours that as yet have been unstained by a foolish word , a sinful ...
... seemed to create a marked difference between this morning and any other morning ? Coming , as it does , between a long line of faulty days and hours , and days and hours that as yet have been unstained by a foolish word , a sinful ...
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... seemed to be to find out abuses , and make themselves , and all they came in contact with , as miserable as possible about them ; and the effect of such influences was to change Thomas Crane from a contented , cheerful workman into a ...
... seemed to be to find out abuses , and make themselves , and all they came in contact with , as miserable as possible about them ; and the effect of such influences was to change Thomas Crane from a contented , cheerful workman into a ...
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... never go into any new place without thinking of these words ; and here it seemed to me that I had better begin with poor old Fred , the ferryman , and try to cheer OLD FRED , THE FERRYMAN . his life a little 32 OLD FRED , THE FERRYMAN .
... never go into any new place without thinking of these words ; and here it seemed to me that I had better begin with poor old Fred , the ferryman , and try to cheer OLD FRED , THE FERRYMAN . his life a little 32 OLD FRED , THE FERRYMAN .
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... seemed to count for nobody , " as Will Freeman once said to me of him . Fred always touched a very ragged cap ( or hat — it was so old , it had almost lost its identity ) when he saw me , but he never volunteered any remark , not even ...
... seemed to count for nobody , " as Will Freeman once said to me of him . Fred always touched a very ragged cap ( or hat — it was so old , it had almost lost its identity ) when he saw me , but he never volunteered any remark , not even ...
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Page 50 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, ' Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 41 - Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, "My way is hid from the Lord, And my judgment is passed over from my God"?
Page 222 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 133 - Raca,' shall be in danger of the council ; but whosoever shall say ; ' Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 40 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Page 40 - HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! What more can he say than to you he hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled...
Page 115 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 41 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of his understanding.
Page 74 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Page 245 - And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.