Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... things : for which reason , on such occa- sions , he seldom thought so much about his money , or his trade , or public news , as at other times , that he might with more ease and satisfaction enjoy the pious thought which the wonderful ...
... things : for which reason , on such occa- sions , he seldom thought so much about his money , or his trade , or public news , as at other times , that he might with more ease and satisfaction enjoy the pious thought which the wonderful ...
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... things ; namely , that we might be led by a sight of them to raise our views from the kingdom of nature to that of grace , and that the contemplation of God in his works might draw us to contemplate him in his word . In the midst of ...
... things ; namely , that we might be led by a sight of them to raise our views from the kingdom of nature to that of grace , and that the contemplation of God in his works might draw us to contemplate him in his word . In the midst of ...
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... things , was very well satisfied with his reply . For he justly thought that though a hypocrite may easily contrive to appear better than he really is to a stranger ; and that no one should be too soon trusted , merely for having a few ...
... things , was very well satisfied with his reply . For he justly thought that though a hypocrite may easily contrive to appear better than he really is to a stranger ; and that no one should be too soon trusted , merely for having a few ...
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... thing against another , God is pleased to contrive to make things more equal than we poor , ignorant , short - sighted creatures are apt to think . David was happier when he kept his father's sheep on such a plain as this , and employed ...
... thing against another , God is pleased to contrive to make things more equal than we poor , ignorant , short - sighted creatures are apt to think . David was happier when he kept his father's sheep on such a plain as this , and employed ...
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... things of this world are apt to set too high a value on them . Suppose , sir , the king , seeing me hard at work , were to say to me , that , if I would patiently work on till Christmas , a fine palace and a great estate should be the ...
... things of this world are apt to set too high a value on them . Suppose , sir , the king , seeing me hard at work , were to say to me , that , if I would patiently work on till Christmas , a fine palace and a great estate should be the ...
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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...