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... children know that I love and venerate his memory , they have desired me to write a Preface to this his last " labour of love . " Yet , I think it needs no Preface . The book will recommend itself , by its own excellence , to those who ...
... children know that I love and venerate his memory , they have desired me to write a Preface to this his last " labour of love . " Yet , I think it needs no Preface . The book will recommend itself , by its own excellence , to those who ...
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... children , at Gainsborough , in Lincolnshire , where we both lived at that time . It prospered till it became the astonishment of the little town . In its four de- partments of men's , women's , boys ' , and girls ' schools , it ...
... children , at Gainsborough , in Lincolnshire , where we both lived at that time . It prospered till it became the astonishment of the little town . In its four de- partments of men's , women's , boys ' , and girls ' schools , it ...
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... children rendered his name almost prover- bial . Yet this humble labour neither lowered the scale nor narrowed the measure of his mind . He took an alert and fervid interest in all the stirring questions and movements of the day ...
... children rendered his name almost prover- bial . Yet this humble labour neither lowered the scale nor narrowed the measure of his mind . He took an alert and fervid interest in all the stirring questions and movements of the day ...
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... child . That child when born is as helpless as it is unconscious , and requires the most tender treatment and constant care ; and these the peculiar natural affection of the mother pro- vides . And then , for its sustenance , how ...
... child . That child when born is as helpless as it is unconscious , and requires the most tender treatment and constant care ; and these the peculiar natural affection of the mother pro- vides . And then , for its sustenance , how ...
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... child is the giving of that delicious supply . A mother of ten children , for all of whom the writer not only saw her discharge these maternal duties , but was a happy partaker in her delight , again and again declared that she had no ...
... child is the giving of that delicious supply . A mother of ten children , for all of whom the writer not only saw her discharge these maternal duties , but was a happy partaker in her delight , again and again declared that she had no ...
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Page 135 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page 70 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 43 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 115 - But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 110 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 115 - Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 16 - ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Page 62 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Page 25 - May'st thou live to know and fear Him, Trust and love Him all thy days ; Then go dwell for ever near Him, See His face, and sing His praise...
Page 41 - Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. " Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found...