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... Kirkland has described ; each saying , according to their fancy , things more
keen than most of what has been said by English tourists - and their countrymen
have borne it well , and confessed , when called upon , the truth of their censures
.
... Kirkland has described ; each saying , according to their fancy , things more
keen than most of what has been said by English tourists - and their countrymen
have borne it well , and confessed , when called upon , the truth of their censures
.
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Let it be called liberty of sin — liberty of forgetting God - liberty of neglecting the
Saviour — liberty of slaying their own souls ; but let not the citizens be deluded by
supposing that training which omits instruction in reference to God and his ...
Let it be called liberty of sin — liberty of forgetting God - liberty of neglecting the
Saviour — liberty of slaying their own souls ; but let not the citizens be deluded by
supposing that training which omits instruction in reference to God and his ...
Page 54
The temptation is great , and is yielded to without reserve , of occupying time
previous to the commencement of divine worship in reading and diverting the
mind by religious news , or so - called religious tales , which might be fitly
employed in ...
The temptation is great , and is yielded to without reserve , of occupying time
previous to the commencement of divine worship in reading and diverting the
mind by religious news , or so - called religious tales , which might be fitly
employed in ...
Page 76
Their monthly publication , called The Orphan ' s Advocate , is interesting , simple
, and truth - like . They publish the age and sex of the children in one column ,
and the places where children are wanted in another . For example :“ HOMES ...
Their monthly publication , called The Orphan ' s Advocate , is interesting , simple
, and truth - like . They publish the age and sex of the children in one column ,
and the places where children are wanted in another . For example :“ HOMES ...
Page 97
... is the true bragging . It tells grand tales of what it has done , and , to magnify
itself , paints , magnifies , or makes the self - glorifying story rather than do without
it . The American so - called CHAPTER VIII THE CHURCHES, THE CHURCHES,
... is the true bragging . It tells grand tales of what it has done , and , to magnify
itself , paints , magnifies , or makes the self - glorifying story rather than do without
it . The American so - called CHAPTER VIII THE CHURCHES, THE CHURCHES,
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Page 116 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his trouble;" but this ought to be, and might be, the experience of every praying heart, were it not for lurking unbelief. In some of our Scottish prayer-meetings, I have felt a degree of distraction of purpose, and want of
Page 77 - orphans, in their Asylum at New York— " Uncle Sam * is rich enough To give us all a farm." The facility with which enough, and more than enough, is found to satisfy every hungry mouth on a farm, gives wonderful scope to the benevolent sentiment. Compassion needs but to well up at its
Page 145 - shining hair ; She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth; Her place is now by another's side— Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride!" Then was wheeled in a table with the mighty cake, which is as much a " chieftain" at an American as at a British wedding. From it the groomsmen procured their
Page 316 - Thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him;" or, " That thou bear no sin for him." Let us turn from this desolate landscape, and gladly survey a new scene which begins to open
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| Title | America as I Found it America as I Found it, Mary Grey Lundie Duncan Collections speciales |
| Author | Mary Grey Lundie Duncan |
| Publisher | J. Nisbet and Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 380 pages |
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