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... wish for it , Frederick ? " his sister asked . " If I were to say No , would you believe me , Ellen ? I dare say you would though , for you always did put faith in me . But I will not try your credulity . If I had not wished for it ...
... wish for it , Frederick ? " his sister asked . " If I were to say No , would you believe me , Ellen ? I dare say you would though , for you always did put faith in me . But I will not try your credulity . If I had not wished for it ...
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... wishes remain unfulfilled , and many of your most earnest determinations have been thwarted and crushed . The objects you may have set before you in life , probably will never be yours . You cannot certainly say of the smallest of them ...
... wishes remain unfulfilled , and many of your most earnest determinations have been thwarted and crushed . The objects you may have set before you in life , probably will never be yours . You cannot certainly say of the smallest of them ...
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... wishes . And so it is with us : we want to follow our Master in our own way , but only his way is the good and right way ; and when he condescends to point it out we must not turn aside from it , or grieve about it , but just pray him ...
... wishes . And so it is with us : we want to follow our Master in our own way , but only his way is the good and right way ; and when he condescends to point it out we must not turn aside from it , or grieve about it , but just pray him ...
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... wish you to be strictly honest . " " Honest ! grandmother , " replied the girl " ; " why , you need hardly tell me that . I never took a thing in my life that didn't belong to me . " " I dare say . Indeed I never heard of your doing so ...
... wish you to be strictly honest . " " Honest ! grandmother , " replied the girl " ; " why , you need hardly tell me that . I never took a thing in my life that didn't belong to me . " " I dare say . Indeed I never heard of your doing so ...
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... wish all servants would think of what Paul says in his Epistle to the Colossians . Take the Bible and look ; I think you will find it at the end of the third chapter . Read it up . " Ellen read : 66 Servants , obey in all things your ...
... wish all servants would think of what Paul says in his Epistle to the Colossians . Take the Bible and look ; I think you will find it at the end of the third chapter . Read it up . " Ellen read : 66 Servants , obey in all things your ...
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Page 277 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 59 - It is of the Lord's mercies, that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 37 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 142 - Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life...
Page 55 - And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David...
Page 15 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 331 - Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled; And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world: Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on heavenly wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing.
Page 218 - I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Page 190 - T^IS religion that can give Sweetest pleasures while we live; 'Tis religion must supply Solid comfort when we die.
Page 148 - When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river side, into which as he went he said, "Death, where is thy sting?" And as he went down deeper, he said, "Grave, where is thy victory?