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... hands , marks where they once were ; but name and fame of them as a Church have long since de- parted . The Presbyterianism of England is now an exotic , scarcely yet taking kindly to the soil ; and , save in the far away Border ...
... hands , marks where they once were ; but name and fame of them as a Church have long since de- parted . The Presbyterianism of England is now an exotic , scarcely yet taking kindly to the soil ; and , save in the far away Border ...
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... hand , Edith , if it is not to defy the enemy where he is most potent ? For what is God's message of sovereign grace and mercy committed to me , if it is not for the suc- cor of my own people stricken by God's terrible retributive hand ...
... hand , Edith , if it is not to defy the enemy where he is most potent ? For what is God's message of sovereign grace and mercy committed to me , if it is not for the suc- cor of my own people stricken by God's terrible retributive hand ...
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... hand in appeal - he feared her en- treaties . This trial was the greatest of all - his Lord's cause and his sole child - how painful was the choice that lay between them . " Only two , " said Edith , with nervous haste . " If thou were ...
... hand in appeal - he feared her en- treaties . This trial was the greatest of all - his Lord's cause and his sole child - how painful was the choice that lay between them . " Only two , " said Edith , with nervous haste . " If thou were ...
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... hand to tend them in their sickness . Ah ! father , so deso- late it must be , that forsaken sick - bed ; so forlorn , so miser- able , with only pain living there , and the dark death draw- ing near in the silence , stealing among the ...
... hand to tend them in their sickness . Ah ! father , so deso- late it must be , that forsaken sick - bed ; so forlorn , so miser- able , with only pain living there , and the dark death draw- ing near in the silence , stealing among the ...
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... hand with her affectionate hostess , and left her apart- ment , dressed in her plain traveling hood and mantle , while Dame Dutton was still donning her homely gown in stealthy silence , fearful of disturbing her . They had a walk of ...
... hand with her affectionate hostess , and left her apart- ment , dressed in her plain traveling hood and mantle , while Dame Dutton was still donning her homely gown in stealthy silence , fearful of disturbing her . They had a walk of ...
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