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... mother . Although little Susan's parents would have rather starved themselves , than have let their child want any thing which was good for her , yet they never gave her any thing for which she cried ; they never suffered her to shew ...
... mother . Although little Susan's parents would have rather starved themselves , than have let their child want any thing which was good for her , yet they never gave her any thing for which she cried ; they never suffered her to shew ...
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... mother took her with them every Sunday to church ; upon which occa- sion they always dressed her very neatly , yet never decked her out in vain ornaments , for Mary remembered well these words of the holy St. Paul : " I will that women ...
... mother took her with them every Sunday to church ; upon which occa- sion they always dressed her very neatly , yet never decked her out in vain ornaments , for Mary remembered well these words of the holy St. Paul : " I will that women ...
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... mother were dead , she was carried to the parish poor - house ; after she had remained there about two months , an old woman , her father's aunt , who lived in Ludlow , undertook to maintain her till she should be twelve years of age ...
... mother were dead , she was carried to the parish poor - house ; after she had remained there about two months , an old woman , her father's aunt , who lived in Ludlow , undertook to maintain her till she should be twelve years of age ...
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... mother ; ) and then she paid me every night her two- pence for her lodging . But since she has been ill , she has scarcely been able to raise , enough to keep her from starving , by selling one by one the few clothes which she brought ...
... mother ; ) and then she paid me every night her two- pence for her lodging . But since she has been ill , she has scarcely been able to raise , enough to keep her from starving , by selling one by one the few clothes which she brought ...
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... mother to take care of her , and to watch over her ! and is she now without a friend , without a home ? Is sickness so soon come upon her , and must she die , whilst yet in the flower and prime of life ? " But the days of man are as ...
... mother to take care of her , and to watch over her ! and is she now without a friend , without a home ? Is sickness so soon come upon her , and must she die , whilst yet in the flower and prime of life ? " But the days of man are as ...
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Page 84 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 50 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 36 - For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 162 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 122 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 147 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, * neither shall fruit be in the vines. The labor of the olive shall fail, * and the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, * and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, * I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 157 - For, behold, the day cometh, That shall burn as an oven ; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble : And the day that cometh shall burn them up, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 53 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 2 - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array ; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Page 24 - Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.