Tales of early piety, by two sisters1836 |
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... Albert , the eldest , a fine boy , only fifteen , was fast declining in health , and likely soon to be removed from the trials his young heart had already suffered . Henrietta was thirteen : she had excellent abilities , but was sadly ...
... Albert , the eldest , a fine boy , only fifteen , was fast declining in health , and likely soon to be removed from the trials his young heart had already suffered . Henrietta was thirteen : she had excellent abilities , but was sadly ...
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... Albert , to try if by change of air and scene they could not raise his drooping spirits . He seemed lost in melancholy reflections , and frequently , when spoken to , would burst into tears , and refuse to tell the cause of his grief ...
... Albert , to try if by change of air and scene they could not raise his drooping spirits . He seemed lost in melancholy reflections , and frequently , when spoken to , would burst into tears , and refuse to tell the cause of his grief ...
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... Albert : he half rose from his seat , as if to speak , and then sank back in his chair , covering his face with his hands , and sobbing aloud . His aunt seeing his emotion , gently led him into her own room , and begged that he would ...
... Albert : he half rose from his seat , as if to speak , and then sank back in his chair , covering his face with his hands , and sobbing aloud . His aunt seeing his emotion , gently led him into her own room , and begged that he would ...
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... Albert , " said Mrs. Lorraine , ' you must not leave us now I know the secret source of your unhappiness . It de- lights me , even in the midst of sorrow , to think we may all assist in making you a partaker of that joy of which you ...
... Albert , " said Mrs. Lorraine , ' you must not leave us now I know the secret source of your unhappiness . It de- lights me , even in the midst of sorrow , to think we may all assist in making you a partaker of that joy of which you ...
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... Albert , by the side of Mr. Villiers , as a peculiar privilege . Delicacy forbade any questions being asked respect- ing the distress he had displayed before quitting the room . " This is a beautiful flower , my child , " said Mr ...
... Albert , by the side of Mr. Villiers , as a peculiar privilege . Delicacy forbade any questions being asked respect- ing the distress he had displayed before quitting the room . " This is a beautiful flower , my child , " said Mr ...
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Page 131 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? ,for after all these things do the Gentiles seek ; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Page 130 - No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment...
Page 218 - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Page 184 - I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and for them at Laodicea and for as many as have not seen my face in the , flesh ; that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches -of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Page 35 - Jesus saith unto him] : — Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father...
Page 151 - I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Page 190 - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works
Page 35 - Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, And my servant whom I have chosen: That ye may know and believe me, And understand that I am he: Before me there was no God formed, Neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; And beside me there is no saviour.
Page 35 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Page 112 - See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.