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... Ellen , look out ! ' cried a merry voice ; and my brother Charlie threw up the window behind me , and jumped into the room . " What are you thinking of , Charlie , ' said I , ' letting the cold air in when granny's cough is so bad ...
... Ellen , look out ! ' cried a merry voice ; and my brother Charlie threw up the window behind me , and jumped into the room . " What are you thinking of , Charlie , ' said I , ' letting the cold air in when granny's cough is so bad ...
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... Ellen , ' he went on , looking into the room , ' want some of my best holly this Christmas , I hope ? " " Not to - day , neighbour , ' said granny , Ellen and I have made up our minds to do without holly this year . " " Eh ! but that's ...
... Ellen , ' he went on , looking into the room , ' want some of my best holly this Christmas , I hope ? " " Not to - day , neighbour , ' said granny , Ellen and I have made up our minds to do without holly this year . " " Eh ! but that's ...
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... Ellen , ' she said , turn- ing to me , ' you are old enough to understand that true gladness does not depend on whether we are rich and have many good things to enjoy , but on whether we really thank God in our hearts for the holy Child ...
... Ellen , ' she said , turn- ing to me , ' you are old enough to understand that true gladness does not depend on whether we are rich and have many good things to enjoy , but on whether we really thank God in our hearts for the holy Child ...
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... Ellen , let me lean on your shoulder , lass , and I'll make shift to get to bed , though it's early yet . ' " There , Ellen ! ' said Charlie , when I returned from helping him upstairs , ' father never so much as looked at our holly ...
... Ellen , let me lean on your shoulder , lass , and I'll make shift to get to bed , though it's early yet . ' " There , Ellen ! ' said Charlie , when I returned from helping him upstairs , ' father never so much as looked at our holly ...
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... Ellen ! ' And Charlie evidently thought that all the credit of our good fortune was due to him . " " " Tis like to be a happy new year , ' said father , ' when it begins with so much goodness - goodness from God and from our fellows ...
... Ellen ! ' And Charlie evidently thought that all the credit of our good fortune was due to him . " " " Tis like to be a happy new year , ' said father , ' when it begins with so much goodness - goodness from God and from our fellows ...
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Page 175 - And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Page 172 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Page 172 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 200 - And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Page 213 - Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Page 213 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 97 - I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 98 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 245 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 109 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.