The history of the Fairchild family; or, The child's manualJ. Hatchard and Son, 1822 - 300 pages |
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... their mamma also taught them to sing psalms and hymns , and they could sing several very sweetly . Little Henry , too , had a great notion of singing . B Besides working and reading , the little girls could do INTRODUCTION.
... their mamma also taught them to sing psalms and hymns , and they could sing several very sweetly . Little Henry , too , had a great notion of singing . B Besides working and reading , the little girls could do INTRODUCTION.
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... girls . I do not mean that they taught the children entirely themselves , but they paid a master and mistress to teach them ; and they used to take a walk , two or three times a week to see the children , and to give rewards to those ...
... girls . I do not mean that they taught the children entirely themselves , but they paid a master and mistress to teach them ; and they used to take a walk , two or three times a week to see the children , and to give rewards to those ...
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... girl ? " " My aunts , " said Mrs. Fairchild , " could not keep the Commandments any more than I did , my dear ; that is true enough : but people who have not true religion often live for years , and even die , without knowing that they ...
... girl ? " " My aunts , " said Mrs. Fairchild , " could not keep the Commandments any more than I did , my dear ; that is true enough : but people who have not true religion often live for years , and even die , without knowing that they ...
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... girl : I had no good prin- ciples . " - " Mamma , what do you mean by good princi- ples ? " said Lucy . " A person of good principles , my dear , " said Mrs. Fairchild , " is one who does not do well from fear of the people he lives ...
... girl : I had no good prin- ciples . " - " Mamma , what do you mean by good princi- ples ? " said Lucy . " A person of good principles , my dear , " said Mrs. Fairchild , " is one who does not do well from fear of the people he lives ...
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... girl died . I was with this poor child when the breath left her body ; and 1 saw her corpse laid in the coffin , and carried to the grave . I had never seen death so near before ; and I must say that I really was frightened , and began ...
... girl died . I was with this poor child when the breath left her body ; and 1 saw her corpse laid in the coffin , and carried to the grave . I had never seen death so near before ; and I must say that I really was frightened , and began ...
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Page 43 - Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.
Page 121 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 22 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 113 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 25 - By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him, for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Page 40 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 148 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still, and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still, and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 25 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder : and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders ; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Page 95 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another...
Page 22 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.