The Moral Statistics of Glasgow in 1863, Practically AppliedPorteous & Hislop, 1864 - 392 pages |
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... pass for rudeness - be it so . Every variety of style is needed to awaken society . But this we can honestly say , we have not tried to give offence to any ; and we hope none will be taken . Bowed down by the deep conscious- ness of our ...
... pass for rudeness - be it so . Every variety of style is needed to awaken society . But this we can honestly say , we have not tried to give offence to any ; and we hope none will be taken . Bowed down by the deep conscious- ness of our ...
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... passes , but some members of the church frequent our brothels , but hundreds of them enter our public houses . Why is it that the heaven of Jehovah's grace over our head is like brass , and the moral earth under us cold , hard , and ...
... passes , but some members of the church frequent our brothels , but hundreds of them enter our public houses . Why is it that the heaven of Jehovah's grace over our head is like brass , and the moral earth under us cold , hard , and ...
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... passing through the close , you enter a long narrow lane , only 4 feet 9 inches wide . At its extremity you come to a tunnel , and as you stand at the entrance , and gaze into its profound darkness , you wonder of what use it possibly ...
... passing through the close , you enter a long narrow lane , only 4 feet 9 inches wide . At its extremity you come to a tunnel , and as you stand at the entrance , and gaze into its profound darkness , you wonder of what use it possibly ...
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... passing by , can say " My Father owns it all ; yonder is my house eternal , yonder my estate upon the boundless plains of heaven . " All these the beggar boy has got by labour of his hands and head , by working ten and often twelve long ...
... passing by , can say " My Father owns it all ; yonder is my house eternal , yonder my estate upon the boundless plains of heaven . " All these the beggar boy has got by labour of his hands and head , by working ten and often twelve long ...
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... passing hour , He into eternity . He knew how agonising would the parting be , were she the first to leave the earth for home . He made these ties of family love so preternaturally strong . He joined the two , who , when united , were ...
... passing hour , He into eternity . He knew how agonising would the parting be , were she the first to leave the earth for home . He made these ties of family love so preternaturally strong . He joined the two , who , when united , were ...
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Page 166 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 315 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Page 366 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Page 291 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont, Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love, Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up.
Page 318 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word : It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 308 - If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Page 18 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 288 - And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Page 289 - Now might I do it pat, now he is praying; And now I'll do't; — and so he goes to heaven; And so am I reveng'd. — that would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven.
Page 241 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.