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... hard and now and then , as I have been told , in a severe winter to live rather hard also : but they loved each other , and next to their God , they thought it their duty to please each other ; and as the holy Scripture says , a dinner ...
... hard and now and then , as I have been told , in a severe winter to live rather hard also : but they loved each other , and next to their God , they thought it their duty to please each other ; and as the holy Scripture says , a dinner ...
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... hard by , and seeing me struggle with the servant , called out , hey - day , what is the matter ? what are you doing to the child . Come , aunt , come , I exclaimed ; come and take my part : I won't part with the bird . My aunt was at ...
... hard by , and seeing me struggle with the servant , called out , hey - day , what is the matter ? what are you doing to the child . Come , aunt , come , I exclaimed ; come and take my part : I won't part with the bird . My aunt was at ...
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... hard matter to cleanse the inside . Well , Sarah , said Mrs. Neale , but we will at least make the trial . I am told that this poor child has neither father nor mother : and it is a most blessed thing to be a father to the fatherless ...
... hard matter to cleanse the inside . Well , Sarah , said Mrs. Neale , but we will at least make the trial . I am told that this poor child has neither father nor mother : and it is a most blessed thing to be a father to the fatherless ...
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... hard trials , and I trust , through God's mercy , shall go to that happy country where there is no sorrow nor crying . Do not weep , my Susan , for I am going , through the merits of my redeemer , to the dear children and kind husband ...
... hard trials , and I trust , through God's mercy , shall go to that happy country where there is no sorrow nor crying . Do not weep , my Susan , for I am going , through the merits of my redeemer , to the dear children and kind husband ...
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... , who have money to spend on gloves , and ribbons , and laces , and fine gowns ; can you say that you have nothing to spare to the poor ? I have less than you possess , and am obliged to work hard for what I have ; 54.
... , who have money to spend on gloves , and ribbons , and laces , and fine gowns ; can you say that you have nothing to spare to the poor ? I have less than you possess , and am obliged to work hard for what I have ; 54.
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Page 84 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 50 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 36 - For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 162 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 122 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 147 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, * neither shall fruit be in the vines. The labor of the olive shall fail, * and the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, * and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, * I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 157 - For, behold, the day cometh, That shall burn as an oven ; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble : And the day that cometh shall burn them up, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 53 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 2 - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array ; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Page 24 - Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.