My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... In his case , the love of honesty was no fancy " thing . It was not what he kept to look at from afar off . He knew how to bring it into use . When he had the call to it , he always did what was just and THE FIRST SHILLING . 9.
... In his case , the love of honesty was no fancy " thing . It was not what he kept to look at from afar off . He knew how to bring it into use . When he had the call to it , he always did what was just and THE FIRST SHILLING . 9.
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... fancy so much as the parlour fire - rug . It was not only that the colours were lively , but the whole seemed so well planned , and looked so amazingly like a fine painting . The pattern was a strange one , being nothing more nor less ...
... fancy so much as the parlour fire - rug . It was not only that the colours were lively , but the whole seemed so well planned , and looked so amazingly like a fine painting . The pattern was a strange one , being nothing more nor less ...
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... fancy took me . I see now that such is not the best way to read God's holy word . It is not the way in which we treat other books . It is not the way to get at the true meaning of what we read . But I was not thinking much of what I was ...
... fancy took me . I see now that such is not the best way to read God's holy word . It is not the way in which we treat other books . It is not the way to get at the true meaning of what we read . But I was not thinking much of what I was ...
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... fancy that . Could I have read it right ? Yes , there the words stood ! How could I get rid of the uneasy feeling they gave me ? I cast about for a refuge , and was shrewd enough in finding one ; but it was " a refuge of lies ” after ...
... fancy that . Could I have read it right ? Yes , there the words stood ! How could I get rid of the uneasy feeling they gave me ? I cast about for a refuge , and was shrewd enough in finding one ; but it was " a refuge of lies ” after ...
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... fancy you would like best . And as to the second rule , I would say , Judge honestly . Take your own character into the account . If you are given to be fickle , do not decide too rashly that duty calls you to move . But if you are more ...
... fancy you would like best . And as to the second rule , I would say , Judge honestly . Take your own character into the account . If you are given to be fickle , do not decide too rashly that duty calls you to move . But if you are more ...
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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.