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... were devised for the relief of the poor , a brewhouse was turned into a soup- kitchen , and for months effectual relief was afforded to thousands . CCLXXXVII . Three Lessons for Children . PROV , i OLD TESTAMENT ANECDOTES . 165.
... were devised for the relief of the poor , a brewhouse was turned into a soup- kitchen , and for months effectual relief was afforded to thousands . CCLXXXVII . Three Lessons for Children . PROV , i OLD TESTAMENT ANECDOTES . 165.
Page 166
... Prov . i . 27 . " When your destruction cometh as a whirlwind . ” THERE is an account of the defeat , forty years ago , of the troops of a distinguished general in Italy . Having taken their stand near Terni , where the waters of the ...
... Prov . i . 27 . " When your destruction cometh as a whirlwind . ” THERE is an account of the defeat , forty years ago , of the troops of a distinguished general in Italy . Having taken their stand near Terni , where the waters of the ...
Page 167
... PROV . ii . 8 . " He preserveth the way of His saints . " MR . J. HIBBS , a Methodist preacher , had once a provi- dential escape , which he tells as follows : - " When I was stationed in Swansea , in the year 1836 , I was appointed ...
... PROV . ii . 8 . " He preserveth the way of His saints . " MR . J. HIBBS , a Methodist preacher , had once a provi- dential escape , which he tells as follows : - " When I was stationed in Swansea , in the year 1836 , I was appointed ...
Page 168
... PROV . ii . 20 . " Walk in the way of good men , and keep the paths of the righteous . " FROM an examination of Edwards ' diary , we can account , humanly speaking , for his eminence as a Christian . Take these extracts for example ...
... PROV . ii . 20 . " Walk in the way of good men , and keep the paths of the righteous . " FROM an examination of Edwards ' diary , we can account , humanly speaking , for his eminence as a Christian . Take these extracts for example ...
Page 169
... PROV . " Honour the Lord with thy substance , and with the first fruits of all thine increase . " MRS . ISABELLA GRAHAM had received £ 1,000 unexpec- tedly , and , true to the godly habit which she had main- tained through days of ...
... PROV . " Honour the Lord with thy substance , and with the first fruits of all thine increase . " MRS . ISABELLA GRAHAM had received £ 1,000 unexpec- tedly , and , true to the godly habit which she had main- tained through days of ...
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Page 180 - See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small ; Love, so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Page 103 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Page 224 - I have no pleasure in them; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves...
Page 140 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid He did us make ; We are His flock, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us take.
Page 318 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 201 - If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Page 142 - Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 106 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Page 148 - My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Page 139 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.