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Page 111
... Felix and Arthur - these were the names of the two boys - were in a very great hurry to start , even before they had taken anything to eat ; and when a meal was got ready for them , they thought so much of the dear home they were going ...
... Felix and Arthur - these were the names of the two boys - were in a very great hurry to start , even before they had taken anything to eat ; and when a meal was got ready for them , they thought so much of the dear home they were going ...
Page 112
... Felix and Arthur had often been along that part of the road before ; but they never had thought it to be such a nice ... Felix shouted out with very joy , " Arthur , Arthur ; look there , look there ! " and he pointed with his finger to ...
... Felix and Arthur had often been along that part of the road before ; but they never had thought it to be such a nice ... Felix shouted out with very joy , " Arthur , Arthur ; look there , look there ! " and he pointed with his finger to ...
Page 113
... Arthur looked where his brother was point- ing , and he soon made out the objects which his brother had spoken of . " Oh yes , " he said ; " I can see them all ; and the spire of the church , too . Hurrah for home ! " Felix and Arthur ...
... Arthur looked where his brother was point- ing , and he soon made out the objects which his brother had spoken of . " Oh yes , " he said ; " I can see them all ; and the spire of the church , too . Hurrah for home ! " Felix and Arthur ...
Page 114
... Felix and Arthur went on , with glad hearts and happy faces , for a mile or more ; and , all this way , their home was still in view . But , after this , the road led them off the brow of the hill , on which they had been walking , down ...
... Felix and Arthur went on , with glad hearts and happy faces , for a mile or more ; and , all this way , their home was still in view . But , after this , the road led them off the brow of the hill , on which they had been walking , down ...
Page 115
... Felix and Arthur lived in this town ; and it happened , that as they were going through one of the streets , one of their young friends who had gone home the day before , saw them , and ran out to speak to them . He asked them to come ...
... Felix and Arthur lived in this town ; and it happened , that as they were going through one of the streets , one of their young friends who had gone home the day before , saw them , and ran out to speak to them . He asked them to come ...
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Page 27 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 122 - For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen : for the things which are seen are temporal ; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Page 29 - But how my childhood runs to waste My sins, how great their sum ! Lord, give me pardon for the past, And strength for days to come. I lay my body down to sleep, Let angels guard my head, And through the hours of darkness keep Their watch around my bed. With cheerful heart I close mine eyes, Since thou wilt not remove : And in the morning let me rise Rejoicing in thy love.
Page 130 - Thus when the Christian pilgrim views, By faith, his mansion in the skies, The sight his fainting strength renews, And wings his speed to reach the prize.
Page 28 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 142 - And melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe : Here, Lord, I give myself away, — 'Tis all that I can do.
Page 43 - Ye lust and have not : ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Page 65 - My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Page 124 - Where I see the blind or lame, Deaf or dumb, I'll kindly treat them; I deserve to feel the same, If I mock, or hurt, or cheat them. If I meet with railing tongues. Why should I return them railing?
Page 62 - I pass'd, — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page ! A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age.