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... present his grateful thanks to those who so generously aided him in this valuable work ; and refer them to that beautiful promise of the same Bible from which they have chosen their subjects : " Cast thy bread upon the waters , for thou ...
... present his grateful thanks to those who so generously aided him in this valuable work ; and refer them to that beautiful promise of the same Bible from which they have chosen their subjects : " Cast thy bread upon the waters , for thou ...
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... present angel attract his gaze , now that security prompts him to render back the tribute of love and gratitude to the Almighty , who both empowered and sent forth this ministering spirit . Daniel's position in the Medo - Persian ...
... present angel attract his gaze , now that security prompts him to render back the tribute of love and gratitude to the Almighty , who both empowered and sent forth this ministering spirit . Daniel's position in the Medo - Persian ...
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... present to us as the ardent youth , With passions and affections like our own . We see thee toiling for those seven long years — At once the price and token of thy love For Rachel , unto whom thy heart doth cleave . - Perchance those ...
... present to us as the ardent youth , With passions and affections like our own . We see thee toiling for those seven long years — At once the price and token of thy love For Rachel , unto whom thy heart doth cleave . - Perchance those ...
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... presents to us a sad instance of human frailty , and a most affecting proof of divine mercy . In the fall and restoration of Peter we have both warning and encouragement ; while the one bids the most con- fident fear , the other holds ...
... presents to us a sad instance of human frailty , and a most affecting proof of divine mercy . In the fall and restoration of Peter we have both warning and encouragement ; while the one bids the most con- fident fear , the other holds ...
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... to himself . He waits that we may come and present to him our petition ; and if with true faith we receive him , he will bestow eternal life upon us . ELIJAH IN THE DESERT . BY LYDIA JANE PIERSON . 136 BEAUTIES OF SACRED LITERATURE .
... to himself . He waits that we may come and present to him our petition ; and if with true faith we receive him , he will bestow eternal life upon us . ELIJAH IN THE DESERT . BY LYDIA JANE PIERSON . 136 BEAUTIES OF SACRED LITERATURE .
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ancient apostle Babylon beasts beautiful beggar Behold Bethany blessed blind bosom brought called character Christian cometh comfort Cyrus darkness death disciples divine earth Egypt eternal Euphrates faith Father fear feel feet Galilee gates give glory gospel grace hath heart heaven Herodotus holy hope hour invisible Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jesus of Nazareth Jews Judas Judea king king of Babylon land Lazarus light living look Lord Mary Medes mercy mighty mind Mortal vision mother Mount of Olives mountain mourning Nazareth passeth Nineveh o'er palace perish Persians Peter Pharaoh's daughter piety Pilate PONTIUS PILATE prayer prophet rebuke rejoice RESCUE OF MOSES river rock ruins sacred salvation Samaria Samaritans Saviour says sorrow soul spirit summit tears Temple of Belus thee things thirst tion true truth utter voice walls wept woman wonder words worship youth
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Page 39 - Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 80 - Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Page 96 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 133 - And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him, Saying ; What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? And he said $ Lord, that I may receive my sight.
Page 38 - To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod which the rude swain Turns with his share and treads upon.
Page 79 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Page 40 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Page 39 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there: And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Page 96 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them ; Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God.
Page 171 - Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again : but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.