Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey1842 |
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... branch of the tree , every spray of the branch , and every leaf of the spray , appears to address Old Humphrey . One evening , on returning home through some fields of mowing grass , I stopped short on hear- ing the noise of the ...
... branch of the tree , every spray of the branch , and every leaf of the spray , appears to address Old Humphrey . One evening , on returning home through some fields of mowing grass , I stopped short on hear- ing the noise of the ...
Page 54
... branches , and how sharply are the leaves of the same spray pointed against each other ! I could think of the opposing interests of the world - its wars , its rumours , its commotions ; nation set against nation , and kingdom against ...
... branches , and how sharply are the leaves of the same spray pointed against each other ! I could think of the opposing interests of the world - its wars , its rumours , its commotions ; nation set against nation , and kingdom against ...
Page 55
... branches of the same family at variance with each other . I could think of these things , I say , until I regarded the whole world as a holly bush . And what are its inhabitants ? Evergreens in appearance , glossy in their expressions ...
... branches of the same family at variance with each other . I could think of these things , I say , until I regarded the whole world as a holly bush . And what are its inhabitants ? Evergreens in appearance , glossy in their expressions ...
Page 56
... branches , And can we learn nothing from the holly bush ? Perhaps the little spray that I now hold in my hand was among the topmost branches of its pa- rent tree , and bore its blushing honours thick upon its aspiring head , defying the ...
... branches , And can we learn nothing from the holly bush ? Perhaps the little spray that I now hold in my hand was among the topmost branches of its pa- rent tree , and bore its blushing honours thick upon its aspiring head , defying the ...
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... branch from off the stem , and observe how precisely it will bear the leading fea- tures of the whole plant : you hold in your hand a complete fern , but of smaller dimensions . Strip off then one feathery spray from the branch , and 72 ...
... branch from off the stem , and observe how precisely it will bear the leading fea- tures of the whole plant : you hold in your hand a complete fern , but of smaller dimensions . Strip off then one feathery spray from the branch , and 72 ...
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Abel Austin affliction bald-headed sexton Bamborough Castle Banian tree Bernard Gilpin Bible blessed body branch BRINKBURN PRIORY broken Canaan Celts Cheviot Hills Christian churlish corn corncrake dark death DEATH'S VISITS deceived DIVER ears earth EDMUND HAWKER endure enemy eternal everlasting evil faith Father fear feel fire glory God's goodly grace grave green hand happy hath head hear heart heaven heavenly hill holly bush holy hope hour humble James iv Jesus Christ joyful noise kind look Matt mercy mind never night old hovel Old Humphrey oppressed passed peace pearls PHILIP OF MACEDON pilgrim pleasant pointer dog poor praise prayer Redeemer rejoice rest rich Saviour SCOTTISH BORDER Scythians season Sing smutted sorrow soul spirit Teutates thee things Thomas Sternhold thou art thought tongue trouble village walked waters wicked word youth
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Page 269 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 2 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 195 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 92 - 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 107 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 220 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 267 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections; whom we are commanded to "love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 262 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.