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... felt proud and gratified when he was able to carry this to his master ; and the gentleman himself appeared scarcely less pleased . " I should scarcely have thought it possible , Randall , " he said , as he scrutinized the signature ...
... felt proud and gratified when he was able to carry this to his master ; and the gentleman himself appeared scarcely less pleased . " I should scarcely have thought it possible , Randall , " he said , as he scrutinized the signature ...
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... felt very much like one of those steep and sloping channels , which , whatever they convey to others , always themselves retain less . In due time , however , my own turn was to come . Before leaving the vestry , I was told of a sick ...
... felt very much like one of those steep and sloping channels , which , whatever they convey to others , always themselves retain less . In due time , however , my own turn was to come . Before leaving the vestry , I was told of a sick ...
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... felt sure that if we fretted ourselves much about such things it would " be the worse for us , " and how certain he was that God , who had done so much for him in other ways , would take care of him in this respect too . He said further ...
... felt sure that if we fretted ourselves much about such things it would " be the worse for us , " and how certain he was that God , who had done so much for him in other ways , would take care of him in this respect too . He said further ...
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... felt , in any case , that she had been enabled to convey a very special lesson to myself . I looked at my aged friend and her room ; I remembered what I knew of her circum- stances ; and her answer seemed to me quite sublime . What a ...
... felt , in any case , that she had been enabled to convey a very special lesson to myself . I looked at my aged friend and her room ; I remembered what I knew of her circum- stances ; and her answer seemed to me quite sublime . What a ...
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... felt it , that all she could urge on behalf of young Falloden were so many aggravations of his guilt . Was it his superior education which would make disgrace more keenly felt ? The answer would have been ready , -this education should ...
... felt it , that all she could urge on behalf of young Falloden were so many aggravations of his guilt . Was it his superior education which would make disgrace more keenly felt ? The answer would have been ready , -this education should ...
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Page 170 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 328 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 195 - Come, O thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see; My company before is gone, And I am left alone with Thee ; With Thee all night I mean to stay, And. wrestle till the break of day.
Page 31 - For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive your trespasses.
Page 159 - Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Page 86 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 163 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Page 157 - BUT THEY THAT WILL BE RICH FALL INTO TEMPTATION AND A SNARE, AND INTO MANY FOOLISH AND HURTFUL LUSTS, WHICH DROWN MEN IN DESTRUCTION AND PERDITION. FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL : WHICH WHILE SOME COVETED AFTER, THEY HAVE ERRED FROM THE FAITH, AND PIERCED THEMSELVES THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS.
Page 195 - In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold; Art thou the Man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold: Wrestling, I will not let thee go Till I thy name, thy nature know.
Page 159 - I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go : I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding : Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.