The Religious Souvenir: A Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day PresentKey, Mielke and Biddle, 1832 |
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... Dear Children : -Some of you for a greater , and some for a lesser number of years , have been in the habit on the morning of the first day of the year , of wishing your parents ' a happy new year ; ' and it has not only been the ...
... Dear Children : -Some of you for a greater , and some for a lesser number of years , have been in the habit on the morning of the first day of the year , of wishing your parents ' a happy new year ; ' and it has not only been the ...
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... Dear children , the only way that you yourselves can expect a happy year , is to yield your hearts to God ; and then you will find his own words true , that the ' ways ' of religion are ' ways of pleasant- ness , ' and that ' all her ...
... Dear children , the only way that you yourselves can expect a happy year , is to yield your hearts to God ; and then you will find his own words true , that the ' ways ' of religion are ' ways of pleasant- ness , ' and that ' all her ...
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... dear bosom laid each childish grief , And even pain and sickness felt relief . My mother , oh ! my mother , lifeless , cold , They say thou sleepest beneath the church yard mould . When round the fireside thy lone band shall meet , 56 ...
... dear bosom laid each childish grief , And even pain and sickness felt relief . My mother , oh ! my mother , lifeless , cold , They say thou sleepest beneath the church yard mould . When round the fireside thy lone band shall meet , 56 ...
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... dear Saviour , through this desert wild . ' My mother , oh ! my mother , it was kind , In death's dark vale , to call me thus to mind . Back to that rural spot where all things mourn , Perchance , some time my wandering feet will turn ...
... dear Saviour , through this desert wild . ' My mother , oh ! my mother , it was kind , In death's dark vale , to call me thus to mind . Back to that rural spot where all things mourn , Perchance , some time my wandering feet will turn ...
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... dear friend , we avoid every expression and act that may possibly offend : why should we not act thus toward our heavenly friend ? He is offended by the slightest impurity , and will withdraw and leave us to coldness and wandering . XIV ...
... dear friend , we avoid every expression and act that may possibly offend : why should we not act thus toward our heavenly friend ? He is offended by the slightest impurity , and will withdraw and leave us to coldness and wandering . XIV ...
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Page 287 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 270 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Page 76 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 98 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 104 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.
Page 104 - Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Page 184 - So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite : run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, .It is well.
Page 66 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 104 - Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death : of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased...
Page 187 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.