Noble Lives and Noble Deeds: Forty Lessons, by Various Writers, Illustrating Christian CharacterEdward Augustus Horton Unitarian Sunday-School Society, 1899 - 126 pages |
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ambition American beauty became Beethoven born Bunyan called Channing character cheerful child Christianity Church conscience courage death died duty early Emerson England enthusiasm faith famous Father Mathew feeling France Francis of Assisi frankness friends girl give GOLDEN TEXT habit happy Havelock heart HENRI REGNAULT honesty honor human humility illustrate James Freeman Clarke Jesus Joan Joan of Arc John Adams John Bunyan John Knox Kane kind Knox lesson lived Luther mind moral Nature ness never noble obedience open-mindedness patience patriot poor preached preacher prompt PUPILS Quaker QUESTIONS religion religious Saint Savonarola self-respect sent sentiment simplicity soldier soul spirit Stanley story Sumner Sydney Smith teach TEACHERS tell Theodore Parker things Thoreau thought tion took Topic trait true truth Unitarian virtue Wesley William Penn words wrote young
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Page 33 - That all of good the past hath had Remains to make our own time glad, Our common, daily life divine, And every land a Palestine.
Page 32 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 37 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone ; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
Page 88 - In which sad progress, passing along by the rest of the army where his uncle the general was and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink, which was presently brought him, but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along who had eaten his last at die same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle.
Page 75 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's...
Page 117 - GOD sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again.
Page 105 - Praise ye him, sun and moon : Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: For he commanded, and they were created.
Page 69 - Honour to all the brave and true ; everlasting honour to 'brave old Knox, one of the truest of the true! That, in the moment while he and his cause, amid civil broils, in convulsion and confusion, were still but struggling for life, he sent the schoolmaster forth to all corners, and said, " Let the people be taught :" this is but one, aud indeed an inevitable and comparatively inconsiderable item in his great message to men.