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... thought . " " Thank you , Jane , for telling me the time , for I have my chores all to do , " said Mr. D. , and rose hastily and walk- ed to the door , when he saw that the boys had already got the cows into the yard . " Milly , dear ...
... thought . " " Thank you , Jane , for telling me the time , for I have my chores all to do , " said Mr. D. , and rose hastily and walk- ed to the door , when he saw that the boys had already got the cows into the yard . " Milly , dear ...
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... thought it was wicked to go visiting Saturday night after sundown . " " It is not wicked to do a work of mercy on the sabbath day . Our blessed Lord , when here on earth , was always ready even on this day to relieve suffering humanity ...
... thought it was wicked to go visiting Saturday night after sundown . " " It is not wicked to do a work of mercy on the sabbath day . Our blessed Lord , when here on earth , was always ready even on this day to relieve suffering humanity ...
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... thought he took the poor insect prisoner , placing one of its legs between his pretty lips , looking mischievously at his sister , while the grasshopper performed vari- ous evolutions about the mouth and nose of its antagonist . Even ...
... thought he took the poor insect prisoner , placing one of its legs between his pretty lips , looking mischievously at his sister , while the grasshopper performed vari- ous evolutions about the mouth and nose of its antagonist . Even ...
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... thought of the unbroken ranks of his dear family , then offered a silent prayer to that God in whose hand are the issues of life and death , beseeching him to de- fend from the arrows of death , which were flying thick around them . He ...
... thought of the unbroken ranks of his dear family , then offered a silent prayer to that God in whose hand are the issues of life and death , beseeching him to de- fend from the arrows of death , which were flying thick around them . He ...
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... thought much of the sabbath that never ends , where are now our angel babes before the Throne of him who has said , in His sacred Word , " Except ye become as little children , ye can in no wise enter the Kingdom of Heaven . ' I desire ...
... thought much of the sabbath that never ends , where are now our angel babes before the Throne of him who has said , in His sacred Word , " Except ye become as little children , ye can in no wise enter the Kingdom of Heaven . ' I desire ...
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Page 89 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 170 - I hang like a roof, — The mountains its columns be. The triumphal arch through which I march With hurricane, fire, and snow, When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair, Is the million-colored bow; The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove, While the moist Earth was laughing below.
Page 168 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Page 168 - I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Page 129 - But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart ; My Lord delayeth his coming ; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of; and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 170 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky ; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams, with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air...
Page 65 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 129 - Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming...
Page 169 - May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee Like a swarm of golden bees...
Page 242 - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh: when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind: when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me...