The Early Choice; a Book for DaughtersT. Nelson and Sons, 1855 - 320 pages |
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... trained to keep that connection , all through life , in view . To choose man's way in preference to God's , is to welcome misery : to reverse that process , is to be blessed . vi PREFACE . To act as if the interests of.
... trained to keep that connection , all through life , in view . To choose man's way in preference to God's , is to welcome misery : to reverse that process , is to be blessed . vi PREFACE . To act as if the interests of.
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... God . His Word is mainly composed of bio- : graphies all classes , from the monarch to the menial , are there beheld in action , —sinning , be- lieving , repenting , saved ; or choosing their own way , not God's , and therefore self ...
... God . His Word is mainly composed of bio- : graphies all classes , from the monarch to the menial , are there beheld in action , —sinning , be- lieving , repenting , saved ; or choosing their own way , not God's , and therefore self ...
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... God's truth . Neither a despot's vengeance nor a people's fickleness could daunt them . They rose superior to every ... God . It is a Minister of Christ , turning many to righteousness , and preparing to shine as the stars for ever and ...
... God's truth . Neither a despot's vengeance nor a people's fickleness could daunt them . They rose superior to every ... God . It is a Minister of Christ , turning many to righteousness , and preparing to shine as the stars for ever and ...
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... God of great price . " Abandoning that , she loses her second Eden ; but acting there in the fear of God , she is at once blessed and made a blessing . One of those women of our day who have helped to shed additional attractions round ...
... God of great price . " Abandoning that , she loses her second Eden ; but acting there in the fear of God , she is at once blessed and made a blessing . One of those women of our day who have helped to shed additional attractions round ...
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... God over all . But in contrast with all this , we may glance at woman's condition , when the truth of God has ceased to be her guide . All exquisite as her tem- perament may be , or beautiful her endowments from God , the abuse of the ...
... God over all . But in contrast with all this , we may glance at woman's condition , when the truth of God has ceased to be her guide . All exquisite as her tem- perament may be , or beautiful her endowments from God , the abuse of the ...
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Page 114 - She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Page 239 - The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze.
Page 203 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 198 - esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt.
Page 242 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 78 - How His first followers and servants sped; The precepts sage they wrote to many a land; How he, who lone in' Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand, And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command.
Page 262 - Less than thyself will not suffice My comfort to restore ; More than thyself I cannot crave, And thou canst give no more.
Page 26 - ... at once her countenance lighted up with a human expression. It was no longer a dog or parrot ; it was an immortal spirit eagerly seizing upon a new link of union with other spirits...
Page 188 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Page 204 - Brother, fear not; greater is he that is in us, than he that is in the world.