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Page 15
Aye , aye , " returned she , with a good humoured air , “ go along ; I know you
have been wishing to go to him for this hour past . . She is , " continued she , after
she was gone , “ a sweet tempered child , and very useful in the house ; but the ...
Aye , aye , " returned she , with a good humoured air , “ go along ; I know you
have been wishing to go to him for this hour past . . She is , " continued she , after
she was gone , “ a sweet tempered child , and very useful in the house ; but the ...
Page 36
The master of the vineyard is described as going out at different hours , and
calling whom he would : and so does he now by the preaching of his gospel , and
the disposals of his providence . The youngest hearer is called , and if he neglect
...
The master of the vineyard is described as going out at different hours , and
calling whom he would : and so does he now by the preaching of his gospel , and
the disposals of his providence . The youngest hearer is called , and if he neglect
...
Page 129
When night came , and the hour for reading the Bible , I was roused ; and as I
took it off the shelf , I was enabled to reprove her for her idle talk , say . ing , “ To
the law and to the testimony , if they speak not agreeably to your words , there is
no ...
When night came , and the hour for reading the Bible , I was roused ; and as I
took it off the shelf , I was enabled to reprove her for her idle talk , say . ing , “ To
the law and to the testimony , if they speak not agreeably to your words , there is
no ...
Page 141
She looked out of her window , in sight of his dwelling , every hour to see if he
was well enough to leave his cottage ; and I verily believe would have ' tended
him herself if she had not been confined to her house by the loss of the use of her
...
She looked out of her window , in sight of his dwelling , every hour to see if he
was well enough to leave his cottage ; and I verily believe would have ' tended
him herself if she had not been confined to her house by the loss of the use of her
...
Page 158
How bitter does holy David lanient it , and we may account it a considerable part
of our Lord's mental sufferings , when he beheld all his disciples flying from him
in the hour of his greatest need . To most of his martyrs he allotted faithful friends
...
How bitter does holy David lanient it , and we may account it a considerable part
of our Lord's mental sufferings , when he beheld all his disciples flying from him
in the hour of his greatest need . To most of his martyrs he allotted faithful friends
...
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Page 85 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 130 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 130 - So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Page 17 - If ye, being evil, know how to give good things to your children ; how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him ? Matt.
Page 81 - Mark the observation," said he, " from the youngest present, only six years old ; for it explains the nature of prayer, of which, perhaps, some of you are ignorant. Many persons repeat words, who never prayed in their lives. My dear boy, I am very glad to find you were afraid to say to God what you could not say truly from your heart : but you may beg of him to give you submission to his will.
Page 81 - The little mourner hastily turned round, and looking at me, exclaimed, " I could not say, Thy will be done,
Page 66 - ... the knowledge of the Lord ' will cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
Page 80 - I began experimentally to perceive our Lord's meaning, when he says, ' Except ye receive the kingdom of heaven as a little child, ye shall in no wise enter therein.
Page 81 - I took him by the hand, and pointing to his schoolfellows, "Mark this observation," said I, "from the youngest present, only six years old, for it explains the nature of prayer, of which perhaps some of you are ignorant ; many persons repeat words, who never prayed in their lives. My dear boy, I am very glad to find you were afraid to say to God what you could not say truly from your heart ; but you may beg of him to give you submission to...
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| Title | Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflections |
| Author | Harriet Corp |
| Publisher | author annd sold, 1814 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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