My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... believe he neither knew , nor cared to know . He was a great man for what he called ' doing his duty ; but I am afraid he thought his duty done , when he had just stopped the service through . After dinner he would have a long nap , as ...
... believe he neither knew , nor cared to know . He was a great man for what he called ' doing his duty ; but I am afraid he thought his duty done , when he had just stopped the service through . After dinner he would have a long nap , as ...
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... believe he was glad , not only because the help came when we greatly needed it , but also , because the lady had done what was right and proper . It was not many weeks before she called again , to say that she and her friend were going ...
... believe he was glad , not only because the help came when we greatly needed it , but also , because the lady had done what was right and proper . It was not many weeks before she called again , to say that she and her friend were going ...
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... believe I should have spent it on the way home , and bought penny toys or cakes for my brothers and sisters . But poverty had given me some notions about prudence . This is not always the case , I own . Some poor people are very ...
... believe I should have spent it on the way home , and bought penny toys or cakes for my brothers and sisters . But poverty had given me some notions about prudence . This is not always the case , I own . Some poor people are very ...
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... believe I had given cause for it . I had tried to do well ; and I do think I had succeeded ; I feel I had . But he had his own ends to serve ; I see it now , though I never suspected how it was at the time . There appeared to be no help ...
... believe I had given cause for it . I had tried to do well ; and I do think I had succeeded ; I feel I had . But he had his own ends to serve ; I see it now , though I never suspected how it was at the time . There appeared to be no help ...
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... believe it true . There was no one to prove it , for master had left the country , and no one knew where mistress was gone . At last we grew tired of going to ask about it ; and not being able to pay a lawyer for telling us what should ...
... believe it true . There was no one to prove it , for master had left the country , and no one knew where mistress was gone . At last we grew tired of going to ask about it ; and not being able to pay a lawyer for telling us what should ...
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Page 122 - But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free.
Page 98 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Page 42 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 40 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Page 46 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 21 - Mine, to chide me when I rove ; Mine, to show a Saviour's love ; Mine art thou to guide my feet, Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit.
Page 101 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 126 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
Page 112 - My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD ; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Page 64 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.