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... boys , good morals and good manners , and not a word hinted of the Divine law , of the gospel , and of the bright prospects which the gospel unfolds . The rewards proposed to them are , that they may be respected , may become magis ...
... boys , good morals and good manners , and not a word hinted of the Divine law , of the gospel , and of the bright prospects which the gospel unfolds . The rewards proposed to them are , that they may be respected , may become magis ...
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... boys in mathematics and the Latin rudi- Her class was in perfect order , and her pupils evidently observed her with affectionate re- spect . She was not teaching in one of the Common Schools , as the Latin lesson proved . But such ...
... boys in mathematics and the Latin rudi- Her class was in perfect order , and her pupils evidently observed her with affectionate re- spect . She was not teaching in one of the Common Schools , as the Latin lesson proved . But such ...
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... boys . ' Tis a happy theme ; like a golden dream its memory seems to be , And I'll sing with joy and gratitude , ' The Common School for me ! ' * * * * " Then blessings on our Common Schools , Wherever they may stand ; They are the ...
... boys . ' Tis a happy theme ; like a golden dream its memory seems to be , And I'll sing with joy and gratitude , ' The Common School for me ! ' * * * * " Then blessings on our Common Schools , Wherever they may stand ; They are the ...
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... boys , Oh , boldly take your stand , boys ! Come , join us heart and hand , boys ; Remember Washington . " He bared his noble breast , boys , To give his country rest , boys , Because we were oppress'd , boys . Then let the cause speed ...
... boys , Oh , boldly take your stand , boys ! Come , join us heart and hand , boys ; Remember Washington . " He bared his noble breast , boys , To give his country rest , boys , Because we were oppress'd , boys . Then let the cause speed ...
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... the so- lemn to the picturesque , and diverting thought from the judgment - throne and the world of glory , on be- half of the merely graceful and beautiful ? " CHAPTER V. " THE BOYS ' MEETING . " In SABBATH - SCHOOLS . 57.
... the so- lemn to the picturesque , and diverting thought from the judgment - throne and the world of glory , on be- half of the merely graceful and beautiful ? " CHAPTER V. " THE BOYS ' MEETING . " In SABBATH - SCHOOLS . 57.
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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