Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes: A Collection of Nearly Three Thousand Facts, Incidents, Narratives, Examples and Testimonies, Containing the Best of the Kind in Most Former Collections, and Some Hundreds in Addition, Original and Selected, the Whole Critically Arranged and Classified on a New Plan, with Copious Topical and Scriptural IndexesLeavitt and Allen, 1848 - 891 pages |
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... told it tells , and it is well told when it comes warm from the heart ; and in that way , al- though gained from abroad , becomes like the mind's own creation , like an origi- nal part of the argument or persuasion of a mind glowing ...
... told it tells , and it is well told when it comes warm from the heart ; and in that way , al- though gained from abroad , becomes like the mind's own creation , like an origi- nal part of the argument or persuasion of a mind glowing ...
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... told , or the simplest anecdotes or incidents dwelt upon with interest , and bringing the lesson home to the heart , may make each exercise an enjoyment instead of a task , a delight instead of a mere duty . The teacher may present ...
... told , or the simplest anecdotes or incidents dwelt upon with interest , and bringing the lesson home to the heart , may make each exercise an enjoyment instead of a task , a delight instead of a mere duty . The teacher may present ...
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... told him a number of times to keep away from the place , and am determined that if he comes here again drunk , I will send him , head and heels , into the street . " This rebuke cut poor William H- , ( for that was his name , ) to the ...
... told him a number of times to keep away from the place , and am determined that if he comes here again drunk , I will send him , head and heels , into the street . " This rebuke cut poor William H- , ( for that was his name , ) to the ...
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... told | him his apprehensions of his spiritual welfare . His friend , without making any reply , called down his partner in life , who came with her eyes suffused with tears , and unable to speak . In- quiring the cause , he was told she ...
... told | him his apprehensions of his spiritual welfare . His friend , without making any reply , called down his partner in life , who came with her eyes suffused with tears , and unable to speak . In- quiring the cause , he was told she ...
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... told him he was come to dine with him . He thanked his excel- lency for the honor conferred on him . The dinner was soon in readiness . It was a simple meal , such as was suitable for Dr. D. and his mother . The old lady did the honors ...
... told him he was come to dine with him . He thanked his excel- lency for the honor conferred on him . The dinner was soon in readiness . It was a simple meal , such as was suitable for Dr. D. and his mother . The old lady did the honors ...
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Popular passages
Page 346 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 148 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 318 - Ye are the salt of the earth" — " Ye are the light of the world.
Page 638 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel...
Page 462 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Page 374 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 269 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
Page 151 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 401 - Socrates, peaceably philosophizing with his friends, appears the most agreeable that could be wished for ; that of Jesus, expiring in the midst of agonizing pains, abused, insulted, and accused by a whole nation, is the most horrible that could be feared.
Page 248 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...