Ada Brenton; or, Plans for lifeKnight and Son, 1860 - 108 pages |
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Ada sighed Ada's Aunt Lois beautiful better blessing Brenton busy cheerful cheerfully child Children Christ Christian Christmas Story CLERKENWELL CLOSE coat Contents.-Little Contents.-The cousin Rachel darn dear delightful dress duty Ellerby's Emily Brown Engravings everything exclaimed Ada extra cloth eyes face faithful FANNY FERN father friends gentle gilt edges girls glance hand happy hard Harry's heart Helen home-missionary hope interrupted Jesus Kate Kate's kind LEGH RICHMOND live Lord Lottie Lucy mamma Manning's mind Miss Burton Miss Hill Miss Kingsbury Miss Lois missionary morning mother never Organ Boy parlour perhaps Pet Lamb pleasant pleasant home pleasure quiet remember replied Ada replied Miss Ellerby Royal 32mo seemed sing sister smiling spirit STORIES OF LITTLE sure sweet T. S. ARTHUR teach tears temptations Thee things Thou thought Ada trials voice young
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Page 5 - I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know ; I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go.
Page 18 - The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves; a road To bring us daily nearer God.
Page 45 - Thee. 2 What Thou shalt to-day provide, Let me as a child receive ; What to-morrow may betide, Calmly to thy wisdom leave : 'Tis enough that Thou wilt care, Why should I the burden bear...
Page 13 - I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: "I will guide thee with mine eye.
Page 108 - Thou art my pilot wise ; My compass is thy word : My soul each storm defies, While I have such a Lord ! I trust thy faithfulness and power, To save me in the trying hour.
Page 104 - If the foe be near, Let not faithless fears o'ertake us, Let not faith and hope forsake us ; For, through many a foe, To our home we go.
Page 72 - LORD, how happy should we be ^-^ If we could cast our care- on Thee, If we from self could rest ; And feel at heart that One above In perfect wisdom, perfect love, Is working for the best.
Page 64 - Stands in full sunshine of Thy piercing eye, But that Thou call'st us Brethren : sweet repose Is in that word — the LORD who dwells on high Knows all, yet loves us better than He knows.
Page 64 - Thou know'st our bitterness—our joys are thine*— No stranger Thou to all our wanderings wild: Nor could we bear to think, how every line Of us, thy darken'd likeness...
Page 103 - O FATHER, good or evil send, As seemeth best to thee, And teach my stubborn soul to bend In love to thy decree. 2 Whatever come, if thou wilt bless The brightness and the gloom, And temper joy, and soothe distress, I fear no earthly doom.