Sparks: A Series of Popular Reflections on Ethical and Social TopicsMeyer & Thalheimer, 1912 - 272 pages |
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Page 13
... hold that love . True love is not mere romance and ornament , but is rather practical and useful . If necessary , it will follow to the ends of the earth , willing to make sacrifice , and yet calling it no sacrifice . With such mutual ...
... hold that love . True love is not mere romance and ornament , but is rather practical and useful . If necessary , it will follow to the ends of the earth , willing to make sacrifice , and yet calling it no sacrifice . With such mutual ...
Page 17
... hold with her hands , and is in King's palaces . " Then too , there are times when , because of attention given to other matters , one or more of the rooms in the house become a bit neglected , and dust and dirt accumulate to a larger ...
... hold with her hands , and is in King's palaces . " Then too , there are times when , because of attention given to other matters , one or more of the rooms in the house become a bit neglected , and dust and dirt accumulate to a larger ...
Page 23
... hold on him , " and , wresting himself loose from their grasp , he hastened back home , leaving the linen sheet in the hands of those who had seized him . But John Mark was not the only one who thus failed at one time , and yet ...
... hold on him , " and , wresting himself loose from their grasp , he hastened back home , leaving the linen sheet in the hands of those who had seized him . But John Mark was not the only one who thus failed at one time , and yet ...
Page 26
... hold of something of a questionable character to be used for scandal , makes sneaks of some who make great pretensions to respectability . No less a one than Solomon , writ- ing of such mischief - makers , says : " A hypocrite with his ...
... hold of something of a questionable character to be used for scandal , makes sneaks of some who make great pretensions to respectability . No less a one than Solomon , writ- ing of such mischief - makers , says : " A hypocrite with his ...
Page 27
... God's kingdom , which includes all those who obey , trust and serve Him - the company of those in whom heavenly laws and principles hold sway . They are so absorbed with mere business that they cannot be numbered among those 27.
... God's kingdom , which includes all those who obey , trust and serve Him - the company of those in whom heavenly laws and principles hold sway . They are so absorbed with mere business that they cannot be numbered among those 27.
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Popular passages
Page 205 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 225 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house where gods may dwell Beautiful, entire, and clean.
Page 146 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 172 - The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy : She gave me eyes, she gave me ears ; And humble cares, and delicate fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy.
Page 166 - Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Page 56 - For tho from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Page 43 - Immediately therefore I sent to thee ; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Page 268 - ... is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay // to his heart.
Page 235 - One is scarcely sensible of fatigue whilst he marches to music. The very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve in their spheres.
Page 146 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.