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Page 12
... once lay at the foot of yonder tomb has been taken away . These mutilated fragments bid us look upwards for immor- tality ; for on earth we cannot find it . Observe the galleries above , on double columns narrow and high , now seen ...
... once lay at the foot of yonder tomb has been taken away . These mutilated fragments bid us look upwards for immor- tality ; for on earth we cannot find it . Observe the galleries above , on double columns narrow and high , now seen ...
Page 33
... once more he read the inscription . All this while the old bald - headed sexton was throwing out the earth from a grave he was dig- ging . For a time , Abel saw his hands , when he lifted them up above his head to throw out the dirt ...
... once more he read the inscription . All this while the old bald - headed sexton was throwing out the earth from a grave he was dig- ging . For a time , Abel saw his hands , when he lifted them up above his head to throw out the dirt ...
Page 36
... once more Abel Austin went to spend a little time at the village . Old scenes bring back to our remembrance many things which we had forgotten ; and this was the case with Abel : the sight of the village church di- rectly brought with ...
... once more Abel Austin went to spend a little time at the village . Old scenes bring back to our remembrance many things which we had forgotten ; and this was the case with Abel : the sight of the village church di- rectly brought with ...
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... once wast at enmity with God ; but now thou art reconciled by thine adorable Redeemer . Thou once wast in bondage ; but now thou art at liberty , and canst exult in the hope of everlasting life . Sing , sinner ! for thy mourning is ...
... once wast at enmity with God ; but now thou art reconciled by thine adorable Redeemer . Thou once wast in bondage ; but now thou art at liberty , and canst exult in the hope of everlasting life . Sing , sinner ! for thy mourning is ...
Page 58
... once overtaken by a wintry storm , and was fain to take refuge in the shop of a blacksmith . Fancy to yourself Old Humphrey standing upon the high hearth , with his head part of the way up the broad chimney , the bright flame shining ...
... once overtaken by a wintry storm , and was fain to take refuge in the shop of a blacksmith . Fancy to yourself Old Humphrey standing upon the high hearth , with his head part of the way up the broad chimney , the bright flame shining ...
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Abel Austin affliction BALD-HEADED SEXTON BAMBOROUGH CASTLE Banian tree basket of summer BERNARD GILPIN blessed branch BRINKBURN PRIORY broken Canaan Celts Cheviot Hills Christian churlish comfort corn corncrake dark death deceived delight earth endure enemies eternal everlasting evil faith fear fire glory God's goodly grace grave green hand happy head hear heart heaven holly bush holy hope humble Jesus Christ joyful noise kind Lasket Lane look Matt mercy mind neighbours never night Old Humphrey passed peace pearls PHILIP OF MACEDON pilgrim pleasant pointer dog poor praise prayer Redeemer rejoice rest rich Saviour SCOTTISH BORDER season Sing smutted sorrow soul spirit summer fruit thee things thou art thought tion tongue trouble truth unbro unto the Lord village walked William Symington wind word wound young youth
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Page 52 - 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 10 - 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 96 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 41 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 160 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 77 - 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 179 - 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 45 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 96 - God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed ; And for his sheep he doth us take.
Page 20 - 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.