Pithy papers on singular subjects, by old HumphreyReligious Tract Society, 1847 - 350 pages |
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... Friend . Look , then , at the unbounded liberality of our great Creator's vegetable gifts ! The spreading oak , the towering elm , the goodly ash , and the romantic fir , challenge our admiration ; nor can we gaze without some increase ...
... Friend . Look , then , at the unbounded liberality of our great Creator's vegetable gifts ! The spreading oak , the towering elm , the goodly ash , and the romantic fir , challenge our admiration ; nor can we gaze without some increase ...
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... friend who was dear to me set sail for Newfoundland . We had been school- fellows , and the bonds of friendship and affection that bound us together were strong ; how did I yearn for his safe arrival ! -but I will be brief . He had a ...
... friend who was dear to me set sail for Newfoundland . We had been school- fellows , and the bonds of friendship and affection that bound us together were strong ; how did I yearn for his safe arrival ! -but I will be brief . He had a ...
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... friend sprang forward , clad in the wretched attire of a broken - down seaman , to meet the grasp of my extended hand ! When a vessel has been wrecked , whatever may be the loss of cargo and life , distressing as the intelligence may be ...
... friend sprang forward , clad in the wretched attire of a broken - down seaman , to meet the grasp of my extended hand ! When a vessel has been wrecked , whatever may be the loss of cargo and life , distressing as the intelligence may be ...
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... friends among the sailors of a missing ship : we will call her the Rover : " She widely spread her snowy wing , Like the sea - gull of the ocean , And shaped her way , like a living thing , Of graceful form and motion . " But the time ...
... friends among the sailors of a missing ship : we will call her the Rover : " She widely spread her snowy wing , Like the sea - gull of the ocean , And shaped her way , like a living thing , Of graceful form and motion . " But the time ...
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... friend of mine put into my hand a letter written to him by Admiral Nelson , wherein , speaking of sailors , the Admiral quoted these lines : - " God and our sailor we alike adore , In times of fear and danger , not before ; The danger o ...
... friend of mine put into my hand a letter written to him by Admiral Nelson , wherein , speaking of sailors , the Admiral quoted these lines : - " God and our sailor we alike adore , In times of fear and danger , not before ; The danger o ...
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Page 348 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth : unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 112 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 251 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 98 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light ? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 276 - Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by Whose stripes ye were healed.
Page 243 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 175 - IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Page 175 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 147 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 54 - Children, obey your parents in all things : for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.