Readings from the Bible: Selected for Schools and to be Read in UnisonScott, Foresman & Company, 1896 - 188 pages |
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... Land's End , as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians ; that it is written in the noblest and purest English , and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form ; and , finally , that it forbids the veriest hind , who never ...
... Land's End , as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians ; that it is written in the noblest and purest English , and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form ; and , finally , that it forbids the veriest hind , who never ...
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... land preëmi- nently needs is men and women of the type that such standards go to make . And it ought not to be an objection to them but on the contrary , a weighty reason for their approval that they come to us with an authority that ...
... land preëmi- nently needs is men and women of the type that such standards go to make . And it ought not to be an objection to them but on the contrary , a weighty reason for their approval that they come to us with an authority that ...
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... land shall have plenty of bread : But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough . A faithful man shall abound with blessings : But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be in- nocent . Prov . 28 : 19-20 . V. The ...
... land shall have plenty of bread : But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough . A faithful man shall abound with blessings : But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be in- nocent . Prov . 28 : 19-20 . V. The ...
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... land ; and he began to be in want . And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine . And when he came to himself , he said , How many hired servants of my father's have bread ...
... land ; and he began to be in want . And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine . And when he came to himself , he said , How many hired servants of my father's have bread ...
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... land : The fig tree putteth forth her green figs , And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell . Solomon's Song 2 : 11-13 . XVII . Reward of Benevolence . Blessed is he that considereth the poor : The Lord will deliver him in ...
... land : The fig tree putteth forth her green figs , And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell . Solomon's Song 2 : 11-13 . XVII . Reward of Benevolence . Blessed is he that considereth the poor : The Lord will deliver him in ...
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Page 93 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 362 Like as a father pitieth his children^ So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Page 75 - Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 133 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 155 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
Page 67 - My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD ; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Page 158 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Page 46 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 26 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father...
Page 70 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. "Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Page 50 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things ; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.