The Child's Instructor: Consisting of Easy Lessons for Children on Subjects which are Familiar to Them in Language Adapted to Their CapacitiesJ.B. and L. Baldwin, 1833 - 108 pages |
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... happy . A great brute , or a great bear , or a great blockhead , may be made by other means . 7. But a great man cannot be formed without wis- dom and virtue , which are the only sources of honour and esteem , and will always make us ...
... happy . A great brute , or a great bear , or a great blockhead , may be made by other means . 7. But a great man cannot be formed without wis- dom and virtue , which are the only sources of honour and esteem , and will always make us ...
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... happy , and be happy ourselves . 4. Cain would not take the good advice of his bro- ther Abel ; but was wroth . " And it came to pass , while they were in the field together , that Cain rose up against his brother and slew him . 5. And ...
... happy , and be happy ourselves . 4. Cain would not take the good advice of his bro- ther Abel ; but was wroth . " And it came to pass , while they were in the field together , that Cain rose up against his brother and slew him . 5. And ...
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... happy : God is their friend , and is invariably disposed by nature to reward their virtue . 2. How happy are those children who have God for their friend ! they have nothing to fear ; they may smile in death , and leave this world with ...
... happy : God is their friend , and is invariably disposed by nature to reward their virtue . 2. How happy are those children who have God for their friend ! they have nothing to fear ; they may smile in death , and leave this world with ...
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... diggers . 18. Righteousness exalteth a nation . Riches are often the servants of vice . Rich men seem happy , great men wise . Riches are but the baggage of virtue . Rash anger is the author of many evils . Rub 84 INSTRUCTER , CHILD'S.
... diggers . 18. Righteousness exalteth a nation . Riches are often the servants of vice . Rich men seem happy , great men wise . Riches are but the baggage of virtue . Rash anger is the author of many evils . Rub 84 INSTRUCTER , CHILD'S.
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... happy , nor heard to repine . Thus , widely removed from the fair , Where my vows , my devotion I owe , Soft hope is the relique I bear , And my solace wherever I go . 2. - HOPE . My banks they are furnished with bees , Whose murmur ...
... happy , nor heard to repine . Thus , widely removed from the fair , Where my vows , my devotion I owe , Soft hope is the relique I bear , And my solace wherever I go . 2. - HOPE . My banks they are furnished with bees , Whose murmur ...
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Page 38 - My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
Page 32 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 34 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 46 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 15 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 38 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 34 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray : and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 13 - tis to see A whole assembly worship thee ! At once they sing, at once they pray, They hear of heaven and learn the way.
Page 12 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 48 - I prized every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleased me before ; But now they are past, and I sigh, And I grieve that I prized them no more.