The Cottager in Town and Country, Issue 1Religious Tract Society, 1861 - Christian literature, English |
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... able to save a little money . As soon as I had enough I bought the cab I'm driving now , and hired horses ; then I saved more and bought one horse , and only hired one ; and for several years past I have driven my own horses , and have ...
... able to save a little money . As soon as I had enough I bought the cab I'm driving now , and hired horses ; then I saved more and bought one horse , and only hired one ; and for several years past I have driven my own horses , and have ...
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... able to take care of themselves . When cats who have had kittens have been deprived of them , they are often very uneasy , and will not be satisfied until they have found something to supply the place of their lost young ones ...
... able to take care of themselves . When cats who have had kittens have been deprived of them , they are often very uneasy , and will not be satisfied until they have found something to supply the place of their lost young ones ...
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... able to do as much as some other people are doing , and as you yourself once did ; but don't think that you are altogether useless . " 66 Well , sir , what good do you think I can do ? " " Why , first of all , there's your family . You ...
... able to do as much as some other people are doing , and as you yourself once did ; but don't think that you are altogether useless . " 66 Well , sir , what good do you think I can do ? " " Why , first of all , there's your family . You ...
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... able house , that had been the home of a wealthy race for many generations . This venerable home might have nourished the same race for genera- tions longer , but that he who was now their living representative had been led away into ...
... able house , that had been the home of a wealthy race for many generations . This venerable home might have nourished the same race for genera- tions longer , but that he who was now their living representative had been led away into ...
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... able to understand ; but he has just spoken to our hearts in words which we all may feel . He u has told us that just as we love to give good things to our dear children , so God loves to give his promised blessings to us . His words ...
... able to understand ; but he has just spoken to our hearts in words which we all may feel . He u has told us that just as we love to give good things to our dear children , so God loves to give his promised blessings to us . His words ...
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Page 65 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 83 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory. 'And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win.' 'But what good came of it at last?' Quoth little Peterkin: — 'Why...
Page 29 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps, and they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Page 94 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Page 13 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 51 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 9 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 86 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 17 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 56 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.