The Commandment with PromisePerkins & Marvin, 1830 - 252 pages |
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... looked so beautiful just then , you would say as I do , that this picture is not half so beautiful . I believe it , Anna ; for a living face is much more beautiful than a painted one ; and I dare say when I see my uncle I shall think as ...
... looked so beautiful just then , you would say as I do , that this picture is not half so beautiful . I believe it , Anna ; for a living face is much more beautiful than a painted one ; and I dare say when I see my uncle I shall think as ...
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... looked at her a little , as did all the others , but making no more observations , the little girl , asking if she should call the next day for her basket , curtseyed and withdrew . This little incident naturally awakened in my mind ...
... looked at her a little , as did all the others , but making no more observations , the little girl , asking if she should call the next day for her basket , curtseyed and withdrew . This little incident naturally awakened in my mind ...
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... looked much interested , and said , As I am going to stay with you to - night , Mary , will you take me to see them in the morning ? With pleasure , Isabella , and if we rise an hour sooner , I shall have time after I have learnt my ...
... looked much interested , and said , As I am going to stay with you to - night , Mary , will you take me to see them in the morning ? With pleasure , Isabella , and if we rise an hour sooner , I shall have time after I have learnt my ...
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... looked so grave and busy , and were talking so seriously all the time . I thought that if little Jane loved her father so , she would have been hanging about him , and saying tender things to him . I never liked to let my dear papa's ...
... looked so grave and busy , and were talking so seriously all the time . I thought that if little Jane loved her father so , she would have been hanging about him , and saying tender things to him . I never liked to let my dear papa's ...
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... looked satisfied ; and her mother , rising from her chair , said , Now , my dear girls , if you are not tired with your early walk , you may go out with me into the garden . The proposal gave pleasure , as an evident re- lief of mind ...
... looked satisfied ; and her mother , rising from her chair , said , Now , my dear girls , if you are not tired with your early walk , you may go out with me into the garden . The proposal gave pleasure , as an evident re- lief of mind ...
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Abraham Adam and Eve ancholy Anna answered Aston attention blessing brother called Charles chil child children of God children of Israel Christ Corban dear children dear Mary dear young death delight desire Dick Johnson disobedience duty Egypt endeavor engaged Esau eyes father and mother father and thy fear feel fifth commandment George girl give God's grace hand Hannah happy heart Holy Honor thy father hope instruction Isaac Isabella Jane kind looked Louisa mamma Maria Mary mercy mind Moab morning Naomi nature never obedience obey observe old Thomas papa parents party peace perhaps Pharisees pleasure principle promise proof remember Scripture seemed sins sister soon soul spirit succor sure taught teach tell ten commandments Terah thee thing thou thought thy mother tion turn uncle unto whilst wish word young friends
Popular passages
Page 196 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 89 - But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free.
Page 194 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Page 149 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Page 143 - For He •established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children : that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of •God, but keep His commandments...
Page 88 - For God commanded, saying; Honour thy father and mother; and; He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Page 159 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Page 288 - O Thou, by whom we come to God ! The Life, the Truth, the Way; The path of prayer Thyself hast trod : Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 242 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 160 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...