Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... seeming intended to introduce , illustrate , and unfold the operations of the word and Spirit of God on the heart in the latter . And he began to run a parallel in his own mind between the effects of that 1 * DOMESTIC ...
... seeming intended to introduce , illustrate , and unfold the operations of the word and Spirit of God on the heart in the latter . And he began to run a parallel in his own mind between the effects of that 1 * DOMESTIC ...
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... Spirit which dictated this fine hymn , had left it as a kind of general intimation to what use we were to convert our admiration of created things ; namely , that we might be led by a sight of them to raise our views from the kingdom of ...
... Spirit which dictated this fine hymn , had left it as a kind of general intimation to what use we were to convert our admiration of created things ; namely , that we might be led by a sight of them to raise our views from the kingdom of ...
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... spirit . Mr. Johnson , who was on a journey , and some- what fearful from the appearance of the sky , that rain was at no great distance , accosted the shepherd with asking what sort of weather he thought it would be on the morrow ...
... spirit . Mr. Johnson , who was on a journey , and some- what fearful from the appearance of the sky , that rain was at no great distance , accosted the shepherd with asking what sort of weather he thought it would be on the morrow ...
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... spirits . " " I fear , shepherd , " said Mr. Johnson , " you have found this to be but a bad world . " " Yes , sir , " replied the shepherd , " but it is gov- erned by a good God . And though my trials have now and then been sharp , why ...
... spirits . " " I fear , shepherd , " said Mr. Johnson , " you have found this to be but a bad world . " " Yes , sir , " replied the shepherd , " but it is gov- erned by a good God . And though my trials have now and then been sharp , why ...
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... spirits at this seasonable and unexpected supply ; for we had tap- ped our last sixpence , and there was little work to be had on account of the weather . I told my wife I had not come back empty - handed . No , I dare say not , ' says ...
... spirits at this seasonable and unexpected supply ; for we had tap- ped our last sixpence , and there was little work to be had on account of the weather . I told my wife I had not come back empty - handed . No , I dare say not , ' says ...
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Page 19 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 27 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 136 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 12 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 17 - It seems to be a practical comment on that text which says, the rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 117 - Let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon.
Page 136 - But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Page 151 - Giles and his boys stole regularly into her orchard, followed by their jack-asses. She was so deaf that she could not hear...