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Page 233 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God*.
Page 11 - Light in the Dwelling ; or, a Harmony of the Four Gospels, with very Short and Simple Remarks adapted to Reading at Family Prayers, and arranged in 365 sections, for every day of the year. By the Author of " The Peep of Day," " Line upon Line,
Page 50 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil.
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Page 17 - SHORT FAMILY PRAYERS for Every Morning and Evening of the Month. Selected and Arranged from the Liturgy, Psalms, and various eminent Writers. By WILLIAM SOLTAU, Esq. Member of the Church of England. Second Edition.
Page 19 - The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ; and a view of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763.
Page 154 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 269 - I would not change my native land For rich Peru with all her gold : A nobler prize lies in my hand, Than East or Western Indies hold.
Page 1 - SERMONS on the PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH: to which are added, Three Sermons on Good Friday Fifth Edition, 8vo. cloth, 10s. (id, — THE EVIDENCES of CHRISTIANITY, derived from Its NATURE and RECEPTION. Seventh Edition, 8vo. cloth, 10».
Page 102 - Father, I love you much. Your visit and your presence have made my heart white as milk. The words of your mouth are sweet as honey, but the words of a resurrection are too great to be heard. I do not wish to hear again about the dead rising! The dead cannot arise ! The dead must not arise!' ' Why,' I inquired, 'can so great a man refuse knowledge, and turn away from wisdom?