Quiver: Designed for the Defense and Promotion of Biblical Truth, and the Advancement of Religion in the Homes of the PeopleCassell limited., 1881 V. 12 contains: The Archer...Christmas, 1877. |
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... soon begin to develop themselves . Some men live longer than others , but the longest life is short . The journey from the cradle to the grave is soon accomplished . When Pharaoh asked Jacob how old he was , the patriarch replied ...
... soon begin to develop themselves . Some men live longer than others , but the longest life is short . The journey from the cradle to the grave is soon accomplished . When Pharaoh asked Jacob how old he was , the patriarch replied ...
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... soon after daybreak to t ' horse fair at ( What , haven't ye heard o ' the great horse fair at - ? ) , and I'm not looking to see any o ' them back again before the small hours . " " But what am I to do ? " asked Kythe , piteously ...
... soon after daybreak to t ' horse fair at ( What , haven't ye heard o ' the great horse fair at - ? ) , and I'm not looking to see any o ' them back again before the small hours . " " But what am I to do ? " asked Kythe , piteously ...
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... soon failed her . There was no dependence to be placed in an unfortunate being who would probably be cunning enough to conceal the fact that he had fled and left her she knew not where . Indeed , it was doubtful if the busy mistress of ...
... soon failed her . There was no dependence to be placed in an unfortunate being who would probably be cunning enough to conceal the fact that he had fled and left her she knew not where . Indeed , it was doubtful if the busy mistress of ...
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... soon cleared again as she busied herself in waiting on her guest . Her husband had been a soldier in his youth , and seen much service , but , resenting some fancied slight , he made use of his wife's savings to purchase his discharge ...
... soon cleared again as she busied herself in waiting on her guest . Her husband had been a soldier in his youth , and seen much service , but , resenting some fancied slight , he made use of his wife's savings to purchase his discharge ...
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... soon whispered amongst the different coteries who had been elected as the " Belle of the Yearly Meeting . " How such an un - Quakerly word came to be used I cannot tell , but so it was . But nothing of all this appeared in the calm ...
... soon whispered amongst the different coteries who had been elected as the " Belle of the Yearly Meeting . " How such an un - Quakerly word came to be used I cannot tell , but so it was . But nothing of all this appeared in the calm ...
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Page 461 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Page 515 - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge ; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness ; And to godliness brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 188 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 196 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 52 - Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 180 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Page 514 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
Page 323 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 448 - And my speech, and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Page 476 - For the which cause I also suffer these things : nevertheless I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.