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... Seasons We shall meet in Heaven For me How old are you ? Town and Country . Who's the next ? • 198 200 203 • 204 206 208 210 . 213 214 The Allegory 219 The Sermon 220 Faith and Patience . 221 The Stork with the broken Bill 223 The old ...
... Seasons We shall meet in Heaven For me How old are you ? Town and Country . Who's the next ? • 198 200 203 • 204 206 208 210 . 213 214 The Allegory 219 The Sermon 220 Faith and Patience . 221 The Stork with the broken Bill 223 The old ...
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... seasons , the earth is felt to be the Lord's , and " the fulness thereof ; the world , and they that dwell therein , " Psa . xxiv . 1 . A Christian friend who is often in this mood , has just given me an account of an evening party in ...
... seasons , the earth is felt to be the Lord's , and " the fulness thereof ; the world , and they that dwell therein , " Psa . xxiv . 1 . A Christian friend who is often in this mood , has just given me an account of an evening party in ...
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... season of autumn , he went on a visit to a little village in the west . Not being accustomed to the country , every object was interesting to him . He walked across the green and sat on the bench under the trees , where the aged people ...
... season of autumn , he went on a visit to a little village in the west . Not being accustomed to the country , every object was interesting to him . He walked across the green and sat on the bench under the trees , where the aged people ...
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... seasons ; it repines not at the wintry winds . Though cold its place , though lone its lot It buds , it bears , it murmurs not , but in the bleakest storms and rudest blasts looks 59 50 THE HOLLY BUSH . cheerfully towards the skies 5.
... seasons ; it repines not at the wintry winds . Though cold its place , though lone its lot It buds , it bears , it murmurs not , but in the bleakest storms and rudest blasts looks 59 50 THE HOLLY BUSH . cheerfully towards the skies 5.
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... season is abundant on its branches . And can we learn nothing from the holly bush ? Perhaps the little spray that I now hold in my hand was among the topmost branches of its parent tree , and bore its blushing honours thick upon its ...
... season is abundant on its branches . And can we learn nothing from the holly bush ? Perhaps the little spray that I now hold in my hand was among the topmost branches of its parent tree , and bore its blushing honours thick upon its ...
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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.