My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... 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 driving so much in the air always made him very sleepy when he sat in - doors . But as soon as ...
... 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 driving so much in the air always made him very sleepy when he sat in - doors . But as soon as ...
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... duties we owe to our fellow - men . You must take care to let your first thoughts rise to God ; for never will you ... duty to another ; and then , afterwards , the first five minutes that you can rightly spare , without robbing your ...
... duties we owe to our fellow - men . You must take care to let your first thoughts rise to God ; for never will you ... duty to another ; and then , afterwards , the first five minutes that you can rightly spare , without robbing your ...
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... duties , nor on the other to turn them into sins by doing a right thing at a wrong time . But the evenings , Nancy , those will generally be your golden hours . Get forward with your day's work , so as to secure a long quiet rest after ...
... duties , nor on the other to turn them into sins by doing a right thing at a wrong time . But the evenings , Nancy , those will generally be your golden hours . Get forward with your day's work , so as to secure a long quiet rest after ...
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... duty calls you to move . But if you are more steady and settled in your habits , then do not too hastily make up your mind that you are bound to stop where you are . Pray sincerely ; try to judge honestly ; and if you do both , God will ...
... duty calls you to move . But if you are more steady and settled in your habits , then do not too hastily make up your mind that you are bound to stop where you are . Pray sincerely ; try to judge honestly ; and if you do both , God will ...
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... duties in the fear of God , without being bid to do anything that you know to be wrong in His sight . In other respects , be prepared to make some sacrifice or other of your own will , and to put up with many trifling inconveniences . 6 ...
... duties in the fear of God , without being bid to do anything that you know to be wrong in His sight . In other respects , be prepared to make some sacrifice or other of your own will , and to put up with many trifling inconveniences . 6 ...
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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.