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... better describe than by relating an incident to which my father often referred . 66 And who did you say lives in that red brick house ? " " A family of the name of Mortimer . " 66 66 Any connection of the county people of that name ...
... better describe than by relating an incident to which my father often referred . 66 And who did you say lives in that red brick house ? " " A family of the name of Mortimer . " 66 66 Any connection of the county people of that name ...
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... better serve God than your death . It is not only I who say this ; your colleague , Mr. Doolittle , a wise and pious man , thinks you have no call to the work , and all the brethren beg you not to risk a life that is so valuable ...
... better serve God than your death . It is not only I who say this ; your colleague , Mr. Doolittle , a wise and pious man , thinks you have no call to the work , and all the brethren beg you not to risk a life that is so valuable ...
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... better for us to say what we have to say than to write it . There are no looks or tohes in letters ; and if a thing is kindly said , it will do a great deal to lessen any offence there may be in it . Let me give you the result of my own ...
... better for us to say what we have to say than to write it . There are no looks or tohes in letters ; and if a thing is kindly said , it will do a great deal to lessen any offence there may be in it . Let me give you the result of my own ...
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... better mind . And God heard my prayers , though in a very different way from any I thought about . Still , I had reason to believe that the conversations I held with the parties did some good . Indeed it did a great deal more than I had ...
... better mind . And God heard my prayers , though in a very different way from any I thought about . Still , I had reason to believe that the conversations I held with the parties did some good . Indeed it did a great deal more than I had ...
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... better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house . " Janet fired up instantly . " What's that you say , sir ? Dae ye intant onything personal ? " " Stop , stop , " broke in her pastor ; " you ...
... better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house . " Janet fired up instantly . " What's that you say , sir ? Dae ye intant onything personal ? " " Stop , stop , " broke in her pastor ; " you ...
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Page 250 - For what shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
Page 39 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 244 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Page 246 - The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day...
Page 42 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily ? nay, verily ; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Page 118 - Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought; Some gentle word the frozen lips had said; Errands on which the willing feet had sped : The memory of my selfishness and pride, My hasty words, would all be put aside. And so I should be loved and mourned to-night. If I should die to-night, Even hearts estranged would turn once more to me, Recalling other days remorsefully. The eyes that chill me with averted glance Would look upon me as of yore, perchance, And soften, in the old, familiar way. For who could...
Page 247 - And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said ; Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But he turned and rebuked them, and said ; Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Page 175 - And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 245 - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page 245 - From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.