Stories for the Middle Ranks of Society and Tales for the Common People, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 |
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... sins . If King Saul had continued a " poor laborious man to the end of his 66 days , he might have lived happy and ... sinful men : " often and often has the thought warmed " my poor heart in the coldest night , and 8 THE SHEPHERD 00.
... sins . If King Saul had continued a " poor laborious man to the end of his 66 days , he might have lived happy and ... sinful men : " often and often has the thought warmed " my poor heart in the coldest night , and 8 THE SHEPHERD 00.
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... sin , and as the " poor are liable to it as well as the rich , so good a man as you seem to be , ought to " " 66 • - guard against it . " - " Sir , " said he , " you are right , but I am not proud of my- " self , God knows , I have ...
... sin , and as the " poor are liable to it as well as the rich , so good a man as you seem to be , ought to " " 66 • - guard against it . " - " Sir , " said he , " you are right , but I am not proud of my- " self , God knows , I have ...
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... sin , dread a debt , and in- " deed in some cases a debt is a sin ; but " with all our care and pains we have " never been able quite to pay off the " doctor's bill for that bad fit of rheu- " matism which I had last winter . Now " when ...
... sin , dread a debt , and in- " deed in some cases a debt is a sin ; but " with all our care and pains we have " never been able quite to pay off the " doctor's bill for that bad fit of rheu- " matism which I had last winter . Now " when ...
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... sin . A poor man like me is " seldom called out to do great things , so " that it is not by a few striking deeds his " character can be judged by his neigh- " bours , but by the little round of daily " customs he allows himself in ...
... sin . A poor man like me is " seldom called out to do great things , so " that it is not by a few striking deeds his " character can be judged by his neigh- " bours , but by the little round of daily " customs he allows himself in ...
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... understanding , Sir , The " more a man hates sin , the clearer he will " see his way , and the more he loves holi- " ness , the better he will understand " his Bible . The more practical con- " viction 48 THE SHEPHERD.
... understanding , Sir , The " more a man hates sin , the clearer he will " see his way , and the more he loves holi- " ness , the better he will understand " his Bible . The more practical con- " viction 48 THE SHEPHERD.
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Page 214 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 344 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 47 - John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 30 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 235 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 172 - Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon.
Page 15 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 12 - I have led but a lonely life, and have often had but little to eat, but my Bible has been meat, drink, and company to me, as I may...
Page 260 - But thou, when thou makest a feast, call the blind, and the lame, and the halt : they cannot recompense thee ; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 305 - ... while religion has no power in their hearts. But I ' hope better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though I thus speak.