The way home [by M.F. Barbour].John Grieg & Son, 1856 - 301 pages |
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... praying , as he seldom omitted to do for Mr Johnston , the Madras Missionary , who had been very ill , and whom the ... pray for his removal thither , since it would make him so much happier to be there . " Why is Mr Johnston not gone ...
... praying , as he seldom omitted to do for Mr Johnston , the Madras Missionary , who had been very ill , and whom the ... pray for his removal thither , since it would make him so much happier to be there . " Why is Mr Johnston not gone ...
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... pray with us . No moments of their lives were so much enjoyed , or are now so pleasantly remembered as those in which , with the whole heart , they knelt down along with us , Georgy praying first , and each of us following by order of ...
... pray with us . No moments of their lives were so much enjoyed , or are now so pleasantly remembered as those in which , with the whole heart , they knelt down along with us , Georgy praying first , and each of us following by order of ...
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... prayers , some time after , he said , " Lord , give us thy Holy Spirit now , may there be showers of blessing . " On this occasion , after concluding , the dress was brought , the petticoats laid aside , and the warmth of the coat ...
... prayers , some time after , he said , " Lord , give us thy Holy Spirit now , may there be showers of blessing . " On this occasion , after concluding , the dress was brought , the petticoats laid aside , and the warmth of the coat ...
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... prayed specially for Freddy , whose birthday was on the morrow , that he might be a renewed and obe- dient child ... prayer . We tried to find it in Proverbs , but could not at the moment , when he came up and said , " What is it that ...
... prayed specially for Freddy , whose birthday was on the morrow , that he might be a renewed and obe- dient child ... prayer . We tried to find it in Proverbs , but could not at the moment , when he came up and said , " What is it that ...
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... pray with us at the beginning of that happy day . Freddy seemed to feel that he must no longer be a child , but an example to his brother and sister . He heard Georgy his lesson , saying to him , " Mama must not have to teach anything ...
... pray with us at the beginning of that happy day . Freddy seemed to feel that he must no longer be a child , but an example to his brother and sister . He heard Georgy his lesson , saying to him , " Mama must not have to teach anything ...
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Page 212 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 151 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 48 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words : Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 236 - He lives! — In all the past He lives ; nor, to the last, Of seeing him again will I despair; In dreams I see him now ; And, on his angel brow, I see it written, "Thou shalt see me there!
Page 49 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 119 - I think, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 70 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours, Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 70 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead...
Page 161 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 19 - I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence doth come mine aid, My safety cometh from the Lord, who Heaven and Earth hath made.