The Sabbath-day Book for Boys and GirlsJohn Allen, 1835 - 230 pages |
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Page 12
... give it a fair trial . " " Well , we will , " said Lucy . " Yes , mother , " said the little boy , who stood leaning on his mother's knee , and looking up into her face . I believe however I have not yet told my readers his name ; it ...
... give it a fair trial . " " Well , we will , " said Lucy . " Yes , mother , " said the little boy , who stood leaning on his mother's knee , and looking up into her face . I believe however I have not yet told my readers his name ; it ...
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... give you to do to - morrow is hard or easy ? " 66 Easy , " said Lucy . " Hard , " said George . " It will be hard at the time . That is , you will have to make considerable effort in the course of the day , to discharge all your duties ...
... give you to do to - morrow is hard or easy ? " 66 Easy , " said Lucy . " Hard , " said George . " It will be hard at the time . That is , you will have to make considerable effort in the course of the day , to discharge all your duties ...
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... give you something to read , after breakfast , before meeting . Now , there is a right way and a wrong way of reading on the Sabbath . Do you know what the wrong way is ? " " Yes , mother , one wrong way is to read impro- per books ...
... give you something to read , after breakfast , before meeting . Now , there is a right way and a wrong way of reading on the Sabbath . Do you know what the wrong way is ? " " Yes , mother , one wrong way is to read impro- per books ...
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... give your attention to it . That is the only way to secure either the pleasure or profit of reading . You have all enjoyed pleasure in reading , have you not ? " " Oh ! yes ; " replied the children . " Well , if you think of the times ...
... give your attention to it . That is the only way to secure either the pleasure or profit of reading . You have all enjoyed pleasure in reading , have you not ? " " Oh ! yes ; " replied the children . " Well , if you think of the times ...
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... give you next Sabbath some other subject for meditation . Now , I come to the third duty . But perhaps you are tired . I suppose , in fact , that you are , but I think I had better go through and finish what I had to say . It will give ...
... give you next Sabbath some other subject for meditation . Now , I come to the third duty . But perhaps you are tired . I suppose , in fact , that you are , but I think I had better go through and finish what I had to say . It will give ...
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Page 105 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Page 105 - My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, And it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 62 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 106 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought, and nourished up ; and it grew up together with him, and with his children : it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 106 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 171 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above; or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them.
Page 106 - For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel...
Page 106 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one 45 little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was Tmto him as a daughter.
Page 110 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 175 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work...