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... Ned is flogged . " Holy - stone decks . " - Further offences and pun- ishments . In a storm . - Sinful curses . - Escape ... Ned's first temptation . - Ned learns humi- lity at Victoria Dock .--- Ned learns the power of prayer • . 123 ...
... Ned is flogged . " Holy - stone decks . " - Further offences and pun- ishments . In a storm . - Sinful curses . - Escape ... Ned's first temptation . - Ned learns humi- lity at Victoria Dock .--- Ned learns the power of prayer • . 123 ...
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... Ned's work as a Bible agent . - Ned confounded by a sceptic . Singing with children in the street CHAPTER X. Preaching in the New Cut : an exciting scene . - At Lambeth fair . -At Billingsgate Market . - Opposition from drunken men ...
... Ned's work as a Bible agent . - Ned confounded by a sceptic . Singing with children in the street CHAPTER X. Preaching in the New Cut : an exciting scene . - At Lambeth fair . -At Billingsgate Market . - Opposition from drunken men ...
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... Ned — was a child . The family lived in Pitt's Place , Bankside , where they occupied a small house , part of which ... Ned's mother sat at the window with her child , watching her neighbours stopping up the crevices of their doors with ...
... Ned — was a child . The family lived in Pitt's Place , Bankside , where they occupied a small house , part of which ... Ned's mother sat at the window with her child , watching her neighbours stopping up the crevices of their doors with ...
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... Ned's father had endeavoured to make his way home by holding on to the railings of New Park Street Chapel , and ... Ned was noted for insensibility to danger , and although regarded as a favourite , he was permitted to play at the edge ...
... Ned's father had endeavoured to make his way home by holding on to the railings of New Park Street Chapel , and ... Ned was noted for insensibility to danger , and although regarded as a favourite , he was permitted to play at the edge ...
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... Ned's father finding employment in Battersea , the family removed thither ; and the young pilferer found many ... Ned was left to chop it up , and dispose of it in penny and twopenny lots . The sight of the money proved too great a ...
... Ned's father finding employment in Battersea , the family removed thither ; and the young pilferer found many ... Ned was left to chop it up , and dispose of it in penny and twopenny lots . The sight of the money proved too great a ...
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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...