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... light pages which follow design to be just , candid , and kind - not " hinting a fault , and hesi- tating a dislike , " but admiring and blaming with equal simplicity . Every one admits that the present condition of things on the earth ...
... light pages which follow design to be just , candid , and kind - not " hinting a fault , and hesi- tating a dislike , " but admiring and blaming with equal simplicity . Every one admits that the present condition of things on the earth ...
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... light of revelation , and his vain fancies fall out of view ; philosophical and painful conjecture folds its weary wing , and he reposes on that which commends itself to his mind as common sense , and to his heart as simple truth ...
... light of revelation , and his vain fancies fall out of view ; philosophical and painful conjecture folds its weary wing , and he reposes on that which commends itself to his mind as common sense , and to his heart as simple truth ...
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... light of the dwelling , the source of its freshest interest ? English children in the presence of strangers are reserved and shy . They feel that the nursery and schoolroom are their proper spheres of action , and that they are only ...
... light of the dwelling , the source of its freshest interest ? English children in the presence of strangers are reserved and shy . They feel that the nursery and schoolroom are their proper spheres of action , and that they are only ...
Page 77
... light eyes and hair ; an orphan would be preferred . " The solitary number of the Orphan's Advocate within reach contains various touching passages . Here is a sample : - 66 66 INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN . Many a ray of sunshine has a child ...
... light eyes and hair ; an orphan would be preferred . " The solitary number of the Orphan's Advocate within reach contains various touching passages . Here is a sample : - 66 66 INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN . Many a ray of sunshine has a child ...
Page 106
... light is wellnigh expiring for want of air . They commit themselves to a consistent walk , for they empower all lookers - on to say whether their con- duct consists with their profession or not , while we sneak along , and are barely ...
... light is wellnigh expiring for want of air . They commit themselves to a consistent walk , for they empower all lookers - on to say whether their con- duct consists with their profession or not , while we sneak along , and are barely ...
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Page 118 - 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 79 - 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 147 - 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 318 - 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