Stray Leaves from a Convict ShipDaniel Ritchie |
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... looks with pity on her errant children ; and while a stern necessity compels her to vindicate the su- premacy of her laws , by punishing the violators of them , she yearns to reclaim , to forgive , and to restore to their positions in ...
... looks with pity on her errant children ; and while a stern necessity compels her to vindicate the su- premacy of her laws , by punishing the violators of them , she yearns to reclaim , to forgive , and to restore to their positions in ...
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... look upon your fellow men neither as dupes nor instruments of oppression , but as fellow travellers along that short road which runs between the cradle and the grave . Your progress at school will be watched , and stimulated by the most ...
... look upon your fellow men neither as dupes nor instruments of oppression , but as fellow travellers along that short road which runs between the cradle and the grave . Your progress at school will be watched , and stimulated by the most ...
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... Look up , ye sons of crime ; Look forward unto scenes more fair , Beyond the things of time . Seize on the promise of your God ; Repent , and be forgiven : Your Saviour purchased with his blood Far brighter homes in heaven . There you ...
... Look up , ye sons of crime ; Look forward unto scenes more fair , Beyond the things of time . Seize on the promise of your God ; Repent , and be forgiven : Your Saviour purchased with his blood Far brighter homes in heaven . There you ...
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... look at our present condition , who , through the heedlessness of youth and the forgetfulness of the com- mandments of God , have broken the laws of our country , and are now being carried away from all those who are near and dear to us ...
... look at our present condition , who , through the heedlessness of youth and the forgetfulness of the com- mandments of God , have broken the laws of our country , and are now being carried away from all those who are near and dear to us ...
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... look back upon it with regret , and draw such profit and instruction from it as may stimulate us to exert ourselves with diligence and propriety for the time to come . We have all , through a kind and judicious Government , been granted ...
... look back upon it with regret , and draw such profit and instruction from it as may stimulate us to exert ourselves with diligence and propriety for the time to come . We have all , through a kind and judicious Government , been granted ...
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Popular passages
Page 244 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 111 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Page 247 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 155 - Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.
Page 43 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 236 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Page 249 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing...
Page 100 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Page 158 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 125 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.