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Popular passages
Page 6 - To do to others as I would That they should do to me, Will make me honest, kind, and good, As children ought to be.
Page 8 - Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits ; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; Who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 1 - For love and kindness please him more Than if we gave him all our store ; And children here, who dwell in love, Are like his happy ones above.
Page 1 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 3 - How proud we are ! How fond to show Our clothes, and call them rich and new ! When the poor sheep and silk-worm wore That very clothing long before.
Page 11 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 5 - For Satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do.
Page 9 - A little theft, a small deceit, Too often leads to more ; "Tis hard at first, but tempts the feet As through an open door. Just as the broadest rivers run From small and distant springs, The greatest crimes that men have done Have grown from little things.
Page 5 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 6 - VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew ; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.