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... seen , and now losing them- selves in the thick walls of the building . In olden times , dark - dressed nuns might be seen there , gliding to and fro in the dim light like flitting shadows , hasting to matins or vespers . Here and there ...
... seen , and now losing them- selves in the thick walls of the building . In olden times , dark - dressed nuns might be seen there , gliding to and fro in the dim light like flitting shadows , hasting to matins or vespers . Here and there ...
Page 35
... seen , and at last , the earth was thrown out without even the spade being visible . When the sexton got out of the grave , Abel went up to talk with him . " Who is going to be buried here ? " said he . " A man that was old enough to be ...
... seen , and at last , the earth was thrown out without even the spade being visible . When the sexton got out of the grave , Abel went up to talk with him . " Who is going to be buried here ? " said he . " A man that was old enough to be ...
Page 88
... seen in his hollow eye ; but this was not all : vice was visible in his face , guilt was branded , as with a hot iron , on his brow , and horrid imprecations burst from his blaspheming tongue . The painter executed his task to the life ...
... seen in his hollow eye ; but this was not all : vice was visible in his face , guilt was branded , as with a hot iron , on his brow , and horrid imprecations burst from his blaspheming tongue . The painter executed his task to the life ...
Page 95
... seen in all directions , and the gleaners were picking up the scattered ears from the stubble . Farmer Blount was a wealthy man . He was in the corn - field with the reapers , when he suddenly fell to the ground . Some said that he was ...
... seen in all directions , and the gleaners were picking up the scattered ears from the stubble . Farmer Blount was a wealthy man . He was in the corn - field with the reapers , when he suddenly fell to the ground . Some said that he was ...
Page 96
... seen his tomb by the stone wall of the churchyard , with the iron palisades round it . Truly may each of us say , " There is but a step between me and death , " 1 Sam . xx . 3 . Widow Edwards lived in the shed , at the back of the pound ...
... seen his tomb by the stone wall of the churchyard , with the iron palisades round it . Truly may each of us say , " There is but a step between me and death , " 1 Sam . xx . 3 . Widow Edwards lived in the shed , at the back of the pound ...
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Page 2 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 109 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 237 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 58 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 224 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 271 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 18 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.