The Illustrated Webster Spelling-book

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1856 - Readers - 128 pages

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Page 100 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 40 - ... by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Page 40 - The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Page 82 - THE Sea, the sea, the open sea, The blue, the fresh, the ever free : Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions round : It plays with the clouds, it mocks the skies, Or like a cradled creature lies.
Page 39 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 40 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 40 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 39 - The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns : but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Page 40 - Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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