Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... Thou shalt not murder , " said also , " Thou shalt keep holy the sab- bath - day . " But now do you really think that all that multitude of coaches , chariots , chaises , vis - a - vis , booby - hutches , sulkies , sociables , phætons ...
... Thou shalt not murder , " said also , " Thou shalt keep holy the sab- bath - day . " But now do you really think that all that multitude of coaches , chariots , chaises , vis - a - vis , booby - hutches , sulkies , sociables , phætons ...
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... Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and thy neighbor as thyself . " Fantom . Sir , a man of large views will be on the watch for great occasions to prove his benevolence . Trueman . Yes , sir ; but if they are so ...
... Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and thy neighbor as thyself . " Fantom . Sir , a man of large views will be on the watch for great occasions to prove his benevolence . Trueman . Yes , sir ; but if they are so ...
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... thou canst not be merciful to me , for I have denied thee ; I have ridiculed my Savior who died for me ; I have broken his laws ; I have derided his word ; I have resisted his Spirit ; I have laughed at that heaven which is shut against ...
... thou canst not be merciful to me , for I have denied thee ; I have ridiculed my Savior who died for me ; I have broken his laws ; I have derided his word ; I have resisted his Spirit ; I have laughed at that heaven which is shut against ...
Page 71
... thou dost not turn out well in the world , for two reasons : first , from thy saving turn and self - de- nying temper , and next , because thou didst devote the first eighteen - pence thou wast ever worth in the world to so good a ...
... thou dost not turn out well in the world , for two reasons : first , from thy saving turn and self - de- nying temper , and next , because thou didst devote the first eighteen - pence thou wast ever worth in the world to so good a ...
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... thou dost not pray for me . Death is dreadful to the wicked . O the sting of death to a guilty conscience ! " Here he lifted up his ghastly eyes in speechless horror , grasped hard at the hand of James , gave a deep , hollow groan , and ...
... thou dost not pray for me . Death is dreadful to the wicked . O the sting of death to a guilty conscience ! " Here he lifted up his ghastly eyes in speechless horror , grasped hard at the hand of James , gave a deep , hollow groan , and ...
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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...