Kind Words for His Young FriendsReligious Tract Society, 1842 - Children |
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... heart . " He trusted in the only Saviour ; and taught by that Holy Spirit , who is promised to all who ask his influence in sincerity and truth , he became truly wise . With true piety , moreover , he united constant activity . It was ...
... heart . " He trusted in the only Saviour ; and taught by that Holy Spirit , who is promised to all who ask his influence in sincerity and truth , he became truly wise . With true piety , moreover , he united constant activity . It was ...
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... heart so dear , How quickly would vanish each trace of a tear ! Attentive I listen to pleasure's gay call , But my own darling home , it is dearer than all . " A new home was afterwards found ; but even there Margaret thus regretted the ...
... heart so dear , How quickly would vanish each trace of a tear ! Attentive I listen to pleasure's gay call , But my own darling home , it is dearer than all . " A new home was afterwards found ; but even there Margaret thus regretted the ...
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... heart to sing for joy . " Gray , the poet , thir- teen years after the death of his own mother , wrote to his friend Nicholls in the following terms : " It is long since I heard you were gone in haste into Yorkshire , on account of your ...
... heart to sing for joy . " Gray , the poet , thir- teen years after the death of his own mother , wrote to his friend Nicholls in the following terms : " It is long since I heard you were gone in haste into Yorkshire , on account of your ...
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... heart was bent on going . His trunk was carried down to the boat , and he went to bid his mother farewell . She said nothing to him , but he saw the tears bursting from her eyes , and he feared she might not be happy again . Im ...
... heart was bent on going . His trunk was carried down to the boat , and he went to bid his mother farewell . She said nothing to him , but he saw the tears bursting from her eyes , and he feared she might not be happy again . Im ...
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... heart . And never let it be forgotten , that when our Lord and Saviour hung upon the cross - a sacrifice for the sins of men - he thought with the tenderest affection of his surviving parent . Mark the words of the inspired evangelist ...
... heart . And never let it be forgotten , that when our Lord and Saviour hung upon the cross - a sacrifice for the sins of men - he thought with the tenderest affection of his surviving parent . Mark the words of the inspired evangelist ...
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Page 23 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 28 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother ; Woman, behold thy son ! Then saith he to the disciple ; Behold thy Mother ! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own iiome.
Page 24 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 28 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Page 63 - For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 41 - The wise and active conquer difficulties, By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make th
Page 20 - I view the old cottage so dear, Where I sported, a babe, without sorrow or fear : I would leave this great city, so brilliant and gay, For a peep at my home on this fair summer-day.
Page 24 - These were the old-fashioned boxes that had garnished his mother's toilette, when he, a sickly child, slept in her dressing-room — the silver taper-stand which the young advocate had bought for her with his first five-guinea fee — a row of small packets inscribed with her hand, and containing the hair of those of her offspring that had died before her — his father's snuff-box and etui-case — and more things of the like sort, recalling *
Page 24 - On lifting up his desk, we found arranged in careful order a series of little objects, which had obviously been so placed there that his eye might rest on them every morning before he began his tasks.
Page 20 - I view the old mansion so dear, Where I sported, a babe without sorrow or fear : I would leave this great city, so brilliant and gay, For a peep at my home on this pure summer- day.