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... opened on a flight of narrow , twisted stairs , up which Kate climbed to her " home . " Poor girl ! she had never known the real mean- ing of the word . The room which she entered was low and poorly furnished . A shelf ran round it ...
... opened on a flight of narrow , twisted stairs , up which Kate climbed to her " home . " Poor girl ! she had never known the real mean- ing of the word . The room which she entered was low and poorly furnished . A shelf ran round it ...
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... her young face very white and drawn with pain . Her eyes were closed , but they opened as little steps were heard slowly climbing the stairs , and a little girl of 19 THE TURNING - POINT OF A LIFE . Turning-point of a Life,
... her young face very white and drawn with pain . Her eyes were closed , but they opened as little steps were heard slowly climbing the stairs , and a little girl of 19 THE TURNING - POINT OF A LIFE . Turning-point of a Life,
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... opened , and Kate looked in , with a candle in her hand which showed her face wearing , even more than usual , a look of wilful defiance . " Not asleep , Rachel , " she said , in a dry , hard tone . " Oh , no wonder ! Why , the place is ...
... opened , and Kate looked in , with a candle in her hand which showed her face wearing , even more than usual , a look of wilful defiance . " Not asleep , Rachel , " she said , in a dry , hard tone . " Oh , no wonder ! Why , the place is ...
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... opened before me as a dark dreary blank . There were times when calamity was overhanging my busi- ness , and my prospects were very doubtful . On one occa- sion it was I myself that was suddenly laid aside from work by illness , and I ...
... opened before me as a dark dreary blank . There were times when calamity was overhanging my busi- ness , and my prospects were very doubtful . On one occa- sion it was I myself that was suddenly laid aside from work by illness , and I ...
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... opened her basket , took out a large cup of delicious jelly , and two or three biscuits , and fed Tom like a baby . " Now , " she said , when he had finished , " wouldn't you like to know who I am ? " Still he didn't speak , so she went ...
... opened her basket , took out a large cup of delicious jelly , and two or three biscuits , and fed Tom like a baby . " Now , " she said , when he had finished , " wouldn't you like to know who I am ? " Still he didn't speak , so she went ...
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Page 165 - Lord, save us. We perish.' 2"And he saith unto them, 'Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Page 252 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 296 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Page 308 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: To be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Page 81 - It Is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord : and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High; To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning: and thy faithfulness every night.
Page 261 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Page 16 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory ? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 85 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ? These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy, impart.
Page 118 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 192 - SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the Cross I spend ; Life and health and peace possessing From the sinner's dying friend. 2 Here I'll sit, for ever viewing Mercy's streams, in streams of blood ; Precious drops ! my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with God...