The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ...Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... dear children , I pray God to seal instruction upon your hearts , and fill you with that heavenly wisdom whose price is far above rubies . I will just add , that this little work was composed in the East Indies during the year 1814 ...
... dear children , I pray God to seal instruction upon your hearts , and fill you with that heavenly wisdom whose price is far above rubies . I will just add , that this little work was composed in the East Indies during the year 1814 ...
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... dear sisters ' consent , to accompany him : so that , when the neighbours arrived , they found the three children preparing to be gone . Now I perceived that there arose a very vehement dispute between the children and the neighbours ...
... dear sisters ' consent , to accompany him : so that , when the neighbours arrived , they found the three children preparing to be gone . Now I perceived that there arose a very vehement dispute between the children and the neighbours ...
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... dear parents , or to be joined to them again ; and all this through the instigation of this Inbred - Sin . And more than this ( continued Humble Mind ) , I was persuaded by this same Inbred - Sin to go to Mr. Worldly - Prudence , and to ...
... dear parents , or to be joined to them again ; and all this through the instigation of this Inbred - Sin . And more than this ( continued Humble Mind ) , I was persuaded by this same Inbred - Sin to go to Mr. Worldly - Prudence , and to ...
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... dear brother , had also left us : so we followed Evangelist , who brought us from our own dwelling - place , and set us in the way where the shining light and the gate of salvation were directly before us ; then bidding us hasten ...
... dear brother , had also left us : so we followed Evangelist , who brought us from our own dwelling - place , and set us in the way where the shining light and the gate of salvation were directly before us ; then bidding us hasten ...
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... dear children , fare ye well ! God in his mercy grant that we may meet in that happy country whither my baby is gone before , and where he dwells with the children of the King . ' Then again bidding us farewell , with many tears , she ...
... dear children , fare ye well ! God in his mercy grant that we may meet in that happy country whither my baby is gone before , and where he dwells with the children of the King . ' Then again bidding us farewell , with many tears , she ...
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Page 93 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 140 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Page 13 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 184 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits, camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Page 153 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 34 - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
Page 152 - I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 80 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him ; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
Page 87 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 143 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.