The confessions of an old almsgiver; or, Three cheers for the Charity organization society1871 - 239 pages |
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... hour by hour , in order , as they design it , to win souls to Christ . Yet what have I known come thereof ? Doubt- less that Sunday - school teacher who gives buns , biscuits , or bulls ' eyes , will have the largest class in school ...
... hour by hour , in order , as they design it , to win souls to Christ . Yet what have I known come thereof ? Doubt- less that Sunday - school teacher who gives buns , biscuits , or bulls ' eyes , will have the largest class in school ...
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... hour " applications , which are necessarily too urgent to allow of any inquiry ) , I should in the ordinary course have packed him about his business with all expedition ; but there was that in his manner , expression , tones , which ...
... hour " applications , which are necessarily too urgent to allow of any inquiry ) , I should in the ordinary course have packed him about his business with all expedition ; but there was that in his manner , expression , tones , which ...
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... hours was pounced upon by Horsford ( pro- Mendicity Society ) , and sent to gaol for three months as an old hand . " " Oh , do hold your tongue , Memory ! " shouted Feeling . " You're always ripping up old grievances . And what if a ...
... hours was pounced upon by Horsford ( pro- Mendicity Society ) , and sent to gaol for three months as an old hand . " " Oh , do hold your tongue , Memory ! " shouted Feeling . " You're always ripping up old grievances . And what if a ...
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... hour , I ascended the steps which conduct to the offices of my old friend , The London Society for Promoting Chris- tianity among the Jews . Entering , I made known E my business and asked if such a person as my Of Non - Resident ...
... hour , I ascended the steps which conduct to the offices of my old friend , The London Society for Promoting Chris- tianity among the Jews . Entering , I made known E my business and asked if such a person as my Of Non - Resident ...
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... hour and the spectacle through the fanlights of the falling snow - flakes moved me , I am not prepared to say ; but , contrary to my wont , I gave her a shilling , saying , I dared give no more then but would ere long visit her at her ...
... hour and the spectacle through the fanlights of the falling snow - flakes moved me , I am not prepared to say ; but , contrary to my wont , I gave her a shilling , saying , I dared give no more then but would ere long visit her at her ...
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Page 96 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 86 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 1 - Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh ! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.