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... stand at the gates of Paradise . " XXIV . Give all you Can . GEN . xxviii . 22 . " And of all that Thou shalt give me , I will surely give the tenth unto Thee . " THE late Bishop Selwyn used often to quote that motto of John Wesley's ...
... stand at the gates of Paradise . " XXIV . Give all you Can . GEN . xxviii . 22 . " And of all that Thou shalt give me , I will surely give the tenth unto Thee . " THE late Bishop Selwyn used often to quote that motto of John Wesley's ...
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... stand as a thorough - going Christian . " His piety was as well - known to all the boys as his diligence ; " and in after years old schoolfellows testified to the blessing received through his earnest religious talk in the play - ground ...
... stand as a thorough - going Christian . " His piety was as well - known to all the boys as his diligence ; " and in after years old schoolfellows testified to the blessing received through his earnest religious talk in the play - ground ...
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... standing on some " Heimweh Fluh , " some Mount of Homesickness , and , while they acknowledge all the beauty , all the glory , all the gladness of the world , their hearts are not here ; this sight does not enthral them , for their ...
... standing on some " Heimweh Fluh , " some Mount of Homesickness , and , while they acknowledge all the beauty , all the glory , all the gladness of the world , their hearts are not here ; this sight does not enthral them , for their ...
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... standing in a crowd by the door of a post office , when a man uttered a volley of oaths . " Look to your pockets ! " cried Howard , buttoning up his own tightly . Always take care of your pockets when you find yourself amongst swearers ...
... standing in a crowd by the door of a post office , when a man uttered a volley of oaths . " Look to your pockets ! " cried Howard , buttoning up his own tightly . Always take care of your pockets when you find yourself amongst swearers ...
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... Standing firm even against this allurement , he was condemned to the galleys . The labour of the galley - slave is thus described in the memoir which was published of him : " Six men are chained to each bench wholly naked , sitting with ...
... Standing firm even against this allurement , he was condemned to the galleys . The labour of the galley - slave is thus described in the memoir which was published of him : " Six men are chained to each bench wholly naked , sitting with ...
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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.