My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... verse in the Bible that I can take to heart better than I should other- wise have done , —the verse which tells of the " sea " giving up all the dead that are in it . Who could ever have thought of that being true , if God himself had ...
... verse in the Bible that I can take to heart better than I should other- wise have done , —the verse which tells of the " sea " giving up all the dead that are in it . Who could ever have thought of that being true , if God himself had ...
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... verse would fit . Some of the 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 ...
... verse would fit . Some of the 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 ...
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... verse in Corinthians , " We labour , working with our own hands ; ” - ' —or that one in Thessa- lonians , " Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought , but wrought with labour and travail night and day , that we might not be 66 ...
... verse in Corinthians , " We labour , working with our own hands ; ” - ' —or that one in Thessa- lonians , " Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought , but wrought with labour and travail night and day , that we might not be 66 ...
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... verse , - -one short verse , say in Psalms , or in Proverbs , -just one verse in the early morning , you can do that while you are slipping CHAPTER II MY FIRST PLACE.
... verse , - -one short verse , say in Psalms , or in Proverbs , -just one verse in the early morning , you can do that while you are slipping CHAPTER II MY FIRST PLACE.
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... 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 won't be your own ; and if you are kneeling down , when ...
... 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 won't be your own ; and if you are kneeling down , when ...
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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.