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... talking about us , and asking what church we at- tended ; and when she heard that we went to chapel she seemed quite shocked , and said she felt sure her mother would have nothing to do with us . Oh , Maggie , it's horrid . " " It was ...
... talking about us , and asking what church we at- tended ; and when she heard that we went to chapel she seemed quite shocked , and said she felt sure her mother would have nothing to do with us . Oh , Maggie , it's horrid . " " It was ...
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... talk so . The future is in God's hands . " 66 66 " I know it , " said the boy . My prophecies are only guesses . " Nevertheless Nat's guesses often came true ; and had he not been such a simple - minded lad , and had not his bringing up ...
... talk so . The future is in God's hands . " 66 66 " I know it , " said the boy . My prophecies are only guesses . " Nevertheless Nat's guesses often came true ; and had he not been such a simple - minded lad , and had not his bringing up ...
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... talk of the plague having visited Holland , and of the likelihood of its being brought across , and even of one or two cases having occurred in the suburbs of London ; but these rumours were disbelieved by most , and soon forgotten by ...
... talk of the plague having visited Holland , and of the likelihood of its being brought across , and even of one or two cases having occurred in the suburbs of London ; but these rumours were disbelieved by most , and soon forgotten by ...
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... talk so com- fortably and confidently about your majority may find yourselves slightly mistaken if disestablishment should come . In the first place , even as regards the relative numbers now , more people in England attend chapel than ...
... talk so com- fortably and confidently about your majority may find yourselves slightly mistaken if disestablishment should come . In the first place , even as regards the relative numbers now , more people in England attend chapel than ...
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... talk about . We are told we cannot argue ; to discuss politics is masculine ; women's rights , strong - minded ; the rink and latest fashions , frivo- lous ; the weather and our work , uninteresting ; and our neighbours , gossip . " And ...
... talk about . We are told we cannot argue ; to discuss politics is masculine ; women's rights , strong - minded ; the rink and latest fashions , frivo- lous ; the weather and our work , uninteresting ; and our neighbours , gossip . " And ...
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Popular passages
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.