Betty's Bright Idea: Also, Deacon Pitkin's Farm, and The First Christmas of New England |
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Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; And the First Christmas of New ... Harriet STOWE No preview available - 2019 |
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm;: And the First Christmas of New ... Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 101 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 119 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Page 29 - Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine ; Are they not enough for Thee ? " But the Shepherd made answer : " This of Mine Has wandered away from Me ; And although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep.
Page 30 - But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed ; Nor how dark was the night that the LORD passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost. Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick and helpless, and ready to die. " LORD, whence are those Blood-drops all the way, That mark out the mountain's track?" " They were shed for one who had gone astray Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.
Page 119 - 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. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Page 110 - He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Page 35 - Lord, whence are thy hands so rent and torn?" "They are pierced to-night by many a thorn." But all through the mountains, thunder-riven, And up from the rocky steep, There rose a cry to the gate of heaven, "Rejoice! I have found my sheep!" And the angels echoed around the throne, "Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own!
Page 16 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Page 120 - For why ? the LORD our GOD is good, His Mercy is for ever sure ; His Truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.
Page 5 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...