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... received tokens for his encouragement ; but latterly the blessing has been vouchsafed in larger measure . Years of patient plodding have not been spent in vain , and now the harvest time seems to have arrived . On every hand the fields ...
... received tokens for his encouragement ; but latterly the blessing has been vouchsafed in larger measure . Years of patient plodding have not been spent in vain , and now the harvest time seems to have arrived . On every hand the fields ...
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... received her gladly , and urged her to be steadfast in the faith . In the meantime her father was sent for , and , having journeyed six hundred miles , entered a meeting which Mr. Downing was conduct- ing , and took his daughter out ...
... received her gladly , and urged her to be steadfast in the faith . In the meantime her father was sent for , and , having journeyed six hundred miles , entered a meeting which Mr. Downing was conduct- ing , and took his daughter out ...
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... received was of the gentlest sort , mostly from a lady's hand , and certainly since I had occupied the room they might have enjoyed undisturbed repose , for I had been so wrapt in thought that I had forgotten the fire entirely . Truth ...
... received was of the gentlest sort , mostly from a lady's hand , and certainly since I had occupied the room they might have enjoyed undisturbed repose , for I had been so wrapt in thought that I had forgotten the fire entirely . Truth ...
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... received a more perfect illustration , for everybody seemed resolved to outdo everybody else in catering for the members of the party , and in securing large audiences . That the boys belonged to Mr. Spurgeon's Orphanage was quite ...
... received a more perfect illustration , for everybody seemed resolved to outdo everybody else in catering for the members of the party , and in securing large audiences . That the boys belonged to Mr. Spurgeon's Orphanage was quite ...
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... received hearty endorsement- " And now , dear friends , I falter , in closing here to - night , In wishing for each boy I see a future full of bright And happy years of service in this wide world of ours , " That they may bring to many ...
... received hearty endorsement- " And now , dear friends , I falter , in closing here to - night , In wishing for each boy I see a future full of bright And happy years of service in this wide world of ours , " That they may bring to many ...
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Page 262 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page i - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held, a weapon.
Page 112 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, Yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 114 - Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling; ' Naked, come to Thee for dress, Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 114 - Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone ; Thou must save, and thou alone.
Page 8 - Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 255 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 113 - 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 204 - And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Page 203 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.