Lily Douglas: A Simple Story Humbly Intended, as a Premium and Pattern, for Sabbath Schools ...Armstrong, 1821 - 107 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 7
Page 12
... turn on the road that she died in the night - that the parish had given her a coffin , and a sheet- that she was clothed in an apron , a handker- chief , and a cap - that these were her effects , " a pointing to a bedstead without ...
... turn on the road that she died in the night - that the parish had given her a coffin , and a sheet- that she was clothed in an apron , a handker- chief , and a cap - that these were her effects , " a pointing to a bedstead without ...
Page 23
... down to the present moment — she seem- ed to see the flaming sword turning every way , pointing to all . but especially to herself , as guilty . When she heard one scholar after another stand up and prove , that " all men LILY DOUGLAS . 23.
... down to the present moment — she seem- ed to see the flaming sword turning every way , pointing to all . but especially to herself , as guilty . When she heard one scholar after another stand up and prove , that " all men LILY DOUGLAS . 23.
Page 32
... turning her from the error of her way ; but which I say , according to the ordi- nary method of Providence , most likely , might have been blessed for that purpose ; accordingly , when these circumstances be- came known to her teacher ...
... turning her from the error of her way ; but which I say , according to the ordi- nary method of Providence , most likely , might have been blessed for that purpose ; accordingly , when these circumstances be- came known to her teacher ...
Page 36
... turns away her head , to hide her falling tears . And if the drawing forth of tears from a numerous little audience , implied any power of pathos on the part of a speaker , here would have been proof enough of so rich a possession.- The ...
... turns away her head , to hide her falling tears . And if the drawing forth of tears from a numerous little audience , implied any power of pathos on the part of a speaker , here would have been proof enough of so rich a possession.- The ...
Page 37
... turn to our left hand , and walking along a narrow dirty lane , with a dead wall on one side , we come to another lane not much cleaner , but not quite so long as the former ; we must go down this too , at the bottom of which a street ...
... turn to our left hand , and walking along a narrow dirty lane , with a dead wall on one side , we come to another lane not much cleaner , but not quite so long as the former ; we must go down this too , at the bottom of which a street ...
Other editions - View all
Lily Douglas: A Simple Story; Humbly Intended, as a Premium and Pattern for ... No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
afflicted beautiful began Bible blessing bosom breath called catechism child circumstances cometh comfort companion darkness dead dear children death doctrine door duty evil faith Father fear filthy flesh is grass flower garden of Eden girl glory grace grass withereth grave happy haps hath heard hearing heart heaven holy hope hymn Jeanie Jemmy Jesus Christ Julia knew lady last Sabbath lence light Lily Douglas Lily's live look Lord Macfarlane means melancholy mercy midst morning moth mother neat never night poor Phemy Polwarth pray prayer precious seed Princeton University proofs psalm returned Sabbath scholar saith salvation sampler sanctify Savior Scarlet thread Scotland scriptures shew shewn short sinned sinner solemn soul speak spirit sting sure sweet tattered Teacher tears telling thee thereof thing thou thought tion told unto voice waters widow word ye know
Popular passages
Page 49 - But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the -ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not : Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 24 - Every one of them is gone back : they are altogether become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 51 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 49 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 52 - All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 53 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 53 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 65 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 24 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.