Fifty sermonsR. D. Dickinson, 1874 - 428 pages |
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... sometimes , to see how far it could fly with one stroke of the wing ; and , when it has food in prospect , or when it is affrighted , the pulsations of the bird's wing are unimaginable for velocity . The English lords used to pride ...
... sometimes , to see how far it could fly with one stroke of the wing ; and , when it has food in prospect , or when it is affrighted , the pulsations of the bird's wing are unimaginable for velocity . The English lords used to pride ...
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... Sometimes it is a very hard nest , like that of the eagle , spread on the rock , with ragged moss and rough sticks , but still is a nest ; and , although it may be very hard under us , over us are the wings of the Almighty . There sometimes ...
... Sometimes it is a very hard nest , like that of the eagle , spread on the rock , with ragged moss and rough sticks , but still is a nest ; and , although it may be very hard under us , over us are the wings of the Almighty . There sometimes ...
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... Sometimes the mother - bird goes away from the nest , and it seems very strange that she should leave the callow young . She plunges her beak into the bark of the tree , and she drops into the grain - field , and into the chaff at the ...
... Sometimes the mother - bird goes away from the nest , and it seems very strange that she should leave the callow young . She plunges her beak into the bark of the tree , and she drops into the grain - field , and into the chaff at the ...
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... sometimes for five , six , or seven days it seems to fly without resting . There have been condors in the Andes that could overcome an ox or a stag . There have been eagles that have picked up children , and swung them to the top of the ...
... sometimes for five , six , or seven days it seems to fly without resting . There have been condors in the Andes that could overcome an ox or a stag . There have been eagles that have picked up children , and swung them to the top of the ...
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... sometimes looked into the bird's nest and seen a dead bird - its life having been trampled out by the mother - bird . But no one that ever came under the feathers of the Almighty was trodden on . Blessed nest ! warm nest ! Why will men ...
... sometimes looked into the bird's nest and seen a dead bird - its life having been trampled out by the mother - bird . But no one that ever came under the feathers of the Almighty was trodden on . Blessed nest ! warm nest ! Why will men ...
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Page 212 - OH for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to The Lamb...
Page 266 - Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Page 26 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Page 14 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, 'Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar : and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 71 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 118 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 171 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof: for there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, " Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 119 - Were half the breath thus vainly spent, To heaven in supplication sent, Our cheerful song would oftener be, " Hear what the Lord has done for me.
Page 332 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.