The anecdote book; moral and religiousEdinburgh, 1866 - 216 pages |
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... the man , sir ; and that sermon saved my soul , made a minister of me , and yonder is my church ! The converts of that sermon , sir , are all over Ohio . " THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER . SOME years ago , a vessel 122 THE ANECDOTE BOOK .
... the man , sir ; and that sermon saved my soul , made a minister of me , and yonder is my church ! The converts of that sermon , sir , are all over Ohio . " THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER . SOME years ago , a vessel 122 THE ANECDOTE BOOK .
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... Dairyman's Daughter , whose interesting history , by the Rev. Legh Richmond , has been printed in various languages , and widely circulated , to the spiritual benefit of thousands . What a reward was this for a single sermon preached ...
... Dairyman's Daughter , whose interesting history , by the Rev. Legh Richmond , has been printed in various languages , and widely circulated , to the spiritual benefit of thousands . What a reward was this for a single sermon preached ...
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Page 188 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Page 64 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
Page 101 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.
Page 127 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Page 61 - Earl Fitzwilliam, to represent that his crop of wheat had been seriously injured in a field adjoining a certain wood, where his Lordship's hounds had, during the winter, frequently met to hunt. He stated that the young wheat had been so cut up and destroyed that, in some parts, he could not hope for any produce. "Well, my friend...
Page 149 - Let me see him." He was called and appeared, and all was well. After the messenger...
Page 126 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 75 - What have I for dinner to-day?' 'Don't you know, sir, that you bid me lay by the blade-bone to broil! "Tis so, very right, child, go away.
Page 145 - ... case. I am not George Washington, but President of the United States. As George Washington, I would do this man any kindness in my power ; but as President of the United States, I can do nothing.