The Sunday at Home, Volume 35Religious Tract Society, 1888 |
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... felt an increasing respect and admiration for his brother as he studied his face , and wondered a little what made him so grave and silent . " I'm sure he's no end of a good fellow ; I shall like him awfully , " he said to himself ...
... felt an increasing respect and admiration for his brother as he studied his face , and wondered a little what made him so grave and silent . " I'm sure he's no end of a good fellow ; I shall like him awfully , " he said to himself ...
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... felt I'd no voice in , Though ' twas all very good , I suppose . ) An ' then the good Deacon he led us In prayer in his usual way- Thankin ' God that His wisdom had made us , An ' guided us up to that day . He thanked Him for " peace ...
... felt I'd no voice in , Though ' twas all very good , I suppose . ) An ' then the good Deacon he led us In prayer in his usual way- Thankin ' God that His wisdom had made us , An ' guided us up to that day . He thanked Him for " peace ...
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... felt by the able - bodied and strong men than by the feeble . One evening , a crowd of ladies and gentlemen were outside the entrance to a great concert- room . A noted singer was expected , and many of the intended audience had come ...
... felt by the able - bodied and strong men than by the feeble . One evening , a crowd of ladies and gentlemen were outside the entrance to a great concert- room . A noted singer was expected , and many of the intended audience had come ...
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... felt for those who , wanting these qualities , have gone down , like the shares , with 66 a run . Self , like verbs , has two voices , an active and a passive one . In this paper I have dealt with the former , the selfishness which is ...
... felt for those who , wanting these qualities , have gone down , like the shares , with 66 a run . Self , like verbs , has two voices , an active and a passive one . In this paper I have dealt with the former , the selfishness which is ...
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... felt that there were capabilities for good in his nature had there been any power to draw them out . Were he alone concerned , I should have little anxiety for Roy's future ; but I have a far greater fear of the son Roger and Roger's ...
... felt that there were capabilities for good in his nature had there been any power to draw them out . Were he alone concerned , I should have little anxiety for Roy's future ; but I have a far greater fear of the son Roger and Roger's ...
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Page 320 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me ! You would play upon me ; you would seem to know my stops ; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery ; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass : and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe ? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Page 137 - All places that the eye of heaven visits, Are to a wise man ports and happy havens : Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Page 196 - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man : how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free ? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever : but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Page 322 - Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled : lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 237 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 334 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Page 322 - Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Page 118 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 415 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Page 523 - For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.