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Page 20
... illustration , not the worst that might be cited . " Witty " planned a scheme to rob sailors as they arrived home after long voyages —not an uncommon practice , as every one conversant with life in the neighbourhood of the docks knows ...
... illustration , not the worst that might be cited . " Witty " planned a scheme to rob sailors as they arrived home after long voyages —not an uncommon practice , as every one conversant with life in the neighbourhood of the docks knows ...
Page 58
... illustrations . In describing the agonies of our Lord , and the treatment He received when dying for a lost world , Ned has made an effective contrast , in a most reverent spirit , between the Innocent Sufferer and himself , the guilty ...
... illustrations . In describing the agonies of our Lord , and the treatment He received when dying for a lost world , Ned has made an effective contrast , in a most reverent spirit , between the Innocent Sufferer and himself , the guilty ...
Page 79
... illustration of the daring disposition of Ned , the following story may be here given : Although a reputed thief , he was determined to accept a wager laid by some of his companions that he could get into the Thames police . He ...
... illustration of the daring disposition of Ned , the following story may be here given : Although a reputed thief , he was determined to accept a wager laid by some of his companions that he could get into the Thames police . He ...
Page 138
... illustrated than by the following story . Shortly after the occurrence at the Victoria Dock , he was engaged in obtaining gravel from a dredging machine in the Thames . He had undertaken the work of his employer 138 INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE ...
... illustrated than by the following story . Shortly after the occurrence at the Victoria Dock , he was engaged in obtaining gravel from a dredging machine in the Thames . He had undertaken the work of his employer 138 INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE ...
Page 196
... illustrations of this practice . " One quarter - day the rent of the hall had to be paid , and Ned had very little money in hand for that purpose . He found , after he had got together all that he could muster , he was £ 10 short . So ...
... illustrations of this practice . " One quarter - day the rent of the hall had to be paid , and Ned had very little money in hand for that purpose . He found , after he had got together all that he could muster , he was £ 10 short . So ...
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Page 136 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 98 - the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from all sin...
Page 332 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
Page 300 - The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away.
Page 26 - But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Page 170 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 86 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 157 - Jesus, whom having not seen we love ; in whom, though now we see him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of our faith, the salvation of our souls,
Page 23 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...