The Sunday scholars' magazine, or Monthly reward book. Jan

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Page 59 - They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Page 50 - Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Then Job answered the Lord, and said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Page 15 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Page 50 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ; for all things come of thee ; and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 28 - Only this frail and fleeting breath Preserves me from the jaws of death ; Soon as it fails, at once I'm gone, And plung'd into a world unknown. 3 Then leaving all I lov'd below, To God's tribunal I must go ; Must hear the Judge pronounce my fate, And fix my everlasting state. 4 But could I bear to hear him say, " Depart, accursed, far away ! With Satan, in the lowest hell, Thou art for ever doom'd to dwell?
Page 89 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 58 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 95 - Potterne in this County agreed with three other women to buy a sack of wheat in the market, each paying her due proportion towards the same. One of these women, in collecting the several quotas of money, discovered a deficiency, and demanded of Ruth Pierce the sum which was wanting to make good the amount. Ruth Pierce protested that she had paid her share, and said, 'She wished she might drop down dead if she had not.' She rashly repeated this awful wish ; when, to the consternation and terror of...
Page 1 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 20 - Thank you," replied the boy ; " I will go home and ask my mother for some money." Away he went, and said, " Mother, mother, please to give me some money." " What for ?" said his mother. "To buy a Bible...

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