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... never had to complain of the non - attendance of his pupils : those who went once would not willingly absent themselves in future . He had a wonderful knack of getting at the heads and hearts of the young ; of seizing their attention ...
... never had to complain of the non - attendance of his pupils : those who went once would not willingly absent themselves in future . He had a wonderful knack of getting at the heads and hearts of the young ; of seizing their attention ...
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... never used in carts or ploughs , as in England , but always bullocks . A pair of the common kind of bullocks may be bought for about £ 2 . 10s .; and the wages of a ploughman is two shillings a month ; but if he is very clever and handy ...
... never used in carts or ploughs , as in England , but always bullocks . A pair of the common kind of bullocks may be bought for about £ 2 . 10s .; and the wages of a ploughman is two shillings a month ; but if he is very clever and handy ...
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... never seen such nice clothes before , they looked in amazement at the white shirts , pockets in the jackets , & c . If our Christian friends , both old and young , could only have seen how their liberality had caused the widow's and ...
... never seen such nice clothes before , they looked in amazement at the white shirts , pockets in the jackets , & c . If our Christian friends , both old and young , could only have seen how their liberality had caused the widow's and ...
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... never suffered the least insubordination , even his reproofs were so thoroughly kind , that they felt it was their good he aimed at . A fine bright little Miss , who liked to know everything , when puzzled with any question which others ...
... never suffered the least insubordination , even his reproofs were so thoroughly kind , that they felt it was their good he aimed at . A fine bright little Miss , who liked to know everything , when puzzled with any question which others ...
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... never winked at sin , nor shrank from reproving it , whether he saw it in professors or in men of the world . Conformity to the world in all its forms he fearlessly frowned upon . Like John Wesley , and many of his successors , he was ...
... never winked at sin , nor shrank from reproving it , whether he saw it in professors or in men of the world . Conformity to the world in all its forms he fearlessly frowned upon . Like John Wesley , and many of his successors , he was ...
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Page 120 - 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 120 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, I am this dark world's light, Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright. I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my star, my sun ; And in that light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done.
Page 39 - Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, " Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments : and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Page 125 - And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 39 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God. And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou shall give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 55 - Our Hope and Expectation, O Jesus, now appear ; Arise, Thou Sun -so longed for, O'er this benighted sphere ! With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption, That brings us unto Thee ! Laurentius Laurenti.
Page 120 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live !" I came to Jesus, and I drank Of that life-giving stream ; My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in Him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright.
Page 144 - To leave nor track nor trace. And yet, with Him who counts the sands. And holds the waters in his hands, I know a lasting record stands, Inscribed against my name, Of all this mortal part has wrought; Of all this thinking soul has thought ; And from these fleeting moments caught For glory or for shame.
Page 72 - If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down: for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Page 144 - I stooped and wrote upon the sand My name — the year — the day. As onward from the spot I passed, One lingering look behind I cast : A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away.