Uncle Jabez; or The teachings of adversity, by the author of 'Margaret Browning'.1799 |
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... morning from most of the suburban districts round London , and making their way to different parts of the great city , where they finally disappear , and are visible no more until evening . He was a clerk in a mercantile house . It was ...
... morning from most of the suburban districts round London , and making their way to different parts of the great city , where they finally disappear , and are visible no more until evening . He was a clerk in a mercantile house . It was ...
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... see Uncle Jabez to - morrow , " said my mother , " and John can accompany me . " It was a bright summer morning , and we started early to avoid the heat , which always made me ill . My mother was unusually silent ; 18 UNCLE JABEZ .
... see Uncle Jabez to - morrow , " said my mother , " and John can accompany me . " It was a bright summer morning , and we started early to avoid the heat , which always made me ill . My mother was unusually silent ; 18 UNCLE JABEZ .
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... morning , an hour or two after breakfast , and when Uncle Jabez was feeling very weak and faint , and wondering , perhaps , whether he might not be going to die after all , my mother entered the room with a smile on her face , and a ...
... morning , an hour or two after breakfast , and when Uncle Jabez was feeling very weak and faint , and wondering , perhaps , whether he might not be going to die after all , my mother entered the room with a smile on her face , and a ...
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... morning , when the snow was white upon the ground , and the sky looked blue and bright overhead , my mother desired William to go and see how Uncle Jabez was . I would willingly have accompanied him , but she thought it too cold for me ...
... morning , when the snow was white upon the ground , and the sky looked blue and bright overhead , my mother desired William to go and see how Uncle Jabez was . I would willingly have accompanied him , but she thought it too cold for me ...
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... see , papa . But I had better not say too much about it ; only that I do mean to try with all my heart . " The following morning , as I stood by the open casement listening to the pleasant twittering of the birds , UNCLE JABEZ . 87.
... see , papa . But I had better not say too much about it ; only that I do mean to try with all my heart . " The following morning , as I stood by the open casement listening to the pleasant twittering of the birds , UNCLE JABEZ . 87.
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Page 193 - THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ.
Page 123 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 172 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Page 101 - Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer ; Trials bring me to his feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
Page 100 - Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross, But the Saviour's power to know, Sanctifying every loss : Trials must and will befall ; But with humble faith to see Love inscribed upon them all, This is happiness to me.
Page 26 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 173 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink ? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed ? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 194 - Fear him, ye saints, and you will then have nothing else to fear; make you his service your delight, your wants shall be his care.
Page 194 - O magnify the Lord with me, With me exalt His name; When in distress to Him I called, He to my rescue came. The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just; Deliverance He affords to all Who on His succour trust.
Page 75 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.