My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... girl , father's own girl , and give it to the lady just as mother gives it to you in the morning . ' Then he counted over what was in it , to make quite sure , and to show me that I should be found out if I took any away . I should not ...
... girl , father's own girl , and give it to the lady just as mother gives it to you in the morning . ' Then he counted over what was in it , to make quite sure , and to show me that I should be found out if I took any away . I should not ...
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... girls thought it quite enough when they had found one verse in a chapter ; and without reading the rest of it , they went to the next that was on the list . This was the way I did at first ; but when I had found , on going to the class ...
... girls thought it quite enough when they had found one verse in a chapter ; and without reading the rest of it , they went to the next that was on the list . This was the way I did at first ; but when I had found , on going to the class ...
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... , and when you have not time to spare . I have heard many young girls say they had so much to do that they could not possibly attend to religious duties ; but , as I have passed along the street , I have been grieved 24 MY EARNINGS .
... , and when you have not time to spare . I have heard many young girls say they had so much to do that they could not possibly attend to religious duties ; but , as I have passed along the street , I have been grieved 24 MY EARNINGS .
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... girl , is to have the heart right . We cannot pray too much , nor read the Bible too much , when it does not interfere with the claims other people justly have upon us ; and when the heart is right , it will neither wish on the one hand ...
... girl , is to have the heart right . We cannot pray too much , nor read the Bible too much , when it does not interfere with the claims other people justly have upon us ; and when the heart is right , it will neither wish on the one hand ...
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... girl had been engaged before I went . I lost the place through my delay . I have some- times thought , too , that if I had gone to her at once , she might have helped me to get my money ; for she would have asked her friends how I had ...
... girl had been engaged before I went . I lost the place through my delay . I have some- times thought , too , that if I had gone to her at once , she might have helped me to get my money ; for she would have asked her friends how I had ...
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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.