My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... keep us in the iron chains of a slavish obedience , but it may furnish us with many a link to render the golden chain of our gospel - holiness more complete . We may do well to look sometimes at the requirements of the law in the light ...
... keep us in the iron chains of a slavish obedience , but it may furnish us with many a link to render the golden chain of our gospel - holiness more complete . We may do well to look sometimes at the requirements of the law in the light ...
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... keeps on leading them from the dungeon of darkness through one open door after another , and from one degree of brightness to a higher . This last was my case . At home I learned to read . At Sunday - school I was taught how to search ...
... keeps on leading them from the dungeon of darkness through one open door after another , and from one degree of brightness to a higher . This last was my case . At home I learned to read . At Sunday - school I was taught how to search ...
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... keeping me out of harm's way , by letting me see him reckon it up . It is well to hinder children from theft , when we can ; for stealing is a thing which , once begun , may soon grow into a habit . The first slily- taken half - penny ...
... keeping me out of harm's way , by letting me see him reckon it up . It is well to hinder children from theft , when we can ; for stealing is a thing which , once begun , may soon grow into a habit . The first slily- taken half - penny ...
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... keep things nice , as it does to get behind- hand and then fetch up by a grand cleaning ! Not to say how much more comfort there is in having things always look bright and trim . It was settled that I should go the next day to Wood's ...
... keep things nice , as it does to get behind- hand and then fetch up by a grand cleaning ! Not to say how much more comfort there is in having things always look bright and trim . It was settled that I should go the next day to Wood's ...
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... keep those few words in your mind all day long . One verse , well thought over , is worth more than half - a- dozen chapters that meet the eye , but never reach the heart . And don't neglect to pray , Nancy . I know well your moments ...
... keep those few words in your mind all day long . One verse , well thought over , is worth more than half - a- dozen chapters that meet the eye , but never reach the heart . And don't neglect to pray , Nancy . I know well your moments ...
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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.