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... soon , may be , Those very bells will toll for me ! Yes , I am old ; not many times— It may be never more- The echo of the New Year chimes Shall stir me as of yore ; I wait a blyther welcome - strain , When ending life brings life again ...
... soon , may be , Those very bells will toll for me ! Yes , I am old ; not many times— It may be never more- The echo of the New Year chimes Shall stir me as of yore ; I wait a blyther welcome - strain , When ending life brings life again ...
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... soon hard at work , till the break- fast bell summoned them to half an hour's rest and re- freshment . " What's the news this morning , Tom Short ? " inquired a tall , dark man , Stephen Jones by name , as with a terrific yawn he ...
... soon hard at work , till the break- fast bell summoned them to half an hour's rest and re- freshment . " What's the news this morning , Tom Short ? " inquired a tall , dark man , Stephen Jones by name , as with a terrific yawn he ...
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... soon . If you work for the devil , he'll pay you , never fear ; you won't have to complain of short pay- ments when he comes along to see what he owes you . ' The work - bell prevented Jones from uttering the sneer- ing reply that was ...
... soon . If you work for the devil , he'll pay you , never fear ; you won't have to complain of short pay- ments when he comes along to see what he owes you . ' The work - bell prevented Jones from uttering the sneer- ing reply that was ...
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... soon again asleep ; but when he woke in the morning , his wife was not beside him , only the lifeless clay re- mained , with a faint smile on the half - parted lips ; the undying spirit had gone to be with that Saviour , in the merit of ...
... soon again asleep ; but when he woke in the morning , his wife was not beside him , only the lifeless clay re- mained , with a faint smile on the half - parted lips ; the undying spirit had gone to be with that Saviour , in the merit of ...
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... soon found reason , however , for believing that she was to be envied and admired . When I proceeded , for example , to sit down , in order that she might go on with her meal , I observed with considerable admiration that she did so ...
... soon found reason , however , for believing that she was to be envied and admired . When I proceeded , for example , to sit down , in order that she might go on with her meal , I observed with considerable admiration that she did so ...
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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.