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... earth rolling down . His strong sinewy arms stuck to their work and never seemed to tire . While others would stop to rest , or , with some terrible oath , to curse their fellow- workers , Dudley's iron frame would labour on nor would ...
... earth rolling down . His strong sinewy arms stuck to their work and never seemed to tire . While others would stop to rest , or , with some terrible oath , to curse their fellow- workers , Dudley's iron frame would labour on nor would ...
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... earth fell on Dudley's feet . With a savage oath , he was about to turn and strike his neighbour , but I jumped forward and placed myself between the two . “ Friends , ” said I , " this is but an accident — would you strike yon poor ...
... earth fell on Dudley's feet . With a savage oath , he was about to turn and strike his neighbour , but I jumped forward and placed myself between the two . “ Friends , ” said I , " this is but an accident — would you strike yon poor ...
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... then a shrill whistle rang through the air ; every man stood to one side , and a small engine , drawing twelve trucks of soil after it , passed rapidly down the temporary line laid to bear the earth away . The men 14 ROUGH DIAMONDS .
... then a shrill whistle rang through the air ; every man stood to one side , and a small engine , drawing twelve trucks of soil after it , passed rapidly down the temporary line laid to bear the earth away . The men 14 ROUGH DIAMONDS .
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line laid to bear the earth away . The men turned to their work again , and I homewards , wondering how men who gain so much by the labour of the poor navvies think and do so little for the saving of their souls . CHAPTER II . I am not ...
line laid to bear the earth away . The men turned to their work again , and I homewards , wondering how men who gain so much by the labour of the poor navvies think and do so little for the saving of their souls . CHAPTER II . I am not ...
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... earth was clad in her whitest garments . Children had come home for their holidays , and little mischievous boys were continually coming to put their mouths at the keyhole to call out their Christ- mas wishes to us . A large party were ...
... earth was clad in her whitest garments . Children had come home for their holidays , and little mischievous boys were continually coming to put their mouths at the keyhole to call out their Christ- mas wishes to us . A large party were ...
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Page 140 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 248 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 236 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 267 - For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek : for the same Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Page 194 - A few more struggles here, A few more partings o'er, A few more toils, a few more tears, And we shall weep no more.
Page 56 - In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Page 162 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 156 - O for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak.
Page 123 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both ahull be alike good.
Page 271 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.