THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE

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Page 493 - And I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 323 - A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal.
Page 323 - Angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt ; And, in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal...
Page 258 - ... interrupted the Duke, all his former haughtiness confirming his voice and manner: " Is it you that would cajole reason with sophistry ? That would give up your unsullied truth at last, to insult your father by preaching an annihilation you know to be a falsehood ? I know a different lesson. A man cannot rid himself of bodily pangs by moving from place to place. How then shall the torments of the spirit be extinguished, by so small a change as being in or out of this loathed prison of flesh ?...
Page 457 - Thus saith the Lord GOD : Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou wast in Eden the garden of God ; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold...
Page 341 - A majesty, almost more than human, was stanapt in the brow, on which her eyes were rivetted. A deep groan broke the fixture of his lips. It was that of pain ; and she took up the lamp, to see if she could find its immediate cause. She then saw that where his waistcoat was open, the linen on his breast was stained and stiff with blood. His before tranquil features, which had appeared fixed in death, were agitated by an evident sense of acute suffering. She put her hand upon that part of his linen,...
Page 480 - Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more," that it leaves upon us the impression of a most magnanimous and noble nature.
Page 377 - ... suspicion, who this noble sufferer may be ?" . ".None, my uncle." . " But I have. I recognise him in every word you have uttered, except his repentance ; and that may be yet the salutation of Iscariot ! " " My uncle! what do you mean? "
Page 342 - On the first sounds of her voice, the sufferer appeared to struggle to bear the light with his eyes ; but it was beyond their power. He tried to speak : — " If I live — " said he. But a sudden agony rushing through his frame, arrested the rest ; and turning his face again upon the dark pillow, Cornelia thought that moment was his last.

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