The Christian Lady, and Her Course of Life, Or, Instructions in Personal Piety, Domestic Duties, and Social Intercourse from Childhood to Old Age |
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... glory fills the small flower - cup in the valley , -- this light marks the hour of the day , the shadows are beginning to lengthen , and remind us of Time's setting sun ! CONTENTS . PREFACE CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD CHAPTER II . YOUTH X ...
... glory fills the small flower - cup in the valley , -- this light marks the hour of the day , the shadows are beginning to lengthen , and remind us of Time's setting sun ! CONTENTS . PREFACE CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD CHAPTER II . YOUTH X ...
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... , guarded by angels , crowned of God with immortal glory . This course may begin with the earliest thoughts and feelings of childhood , -with the dawn of rea- B son . How solemnly these words strike on the thoughtful PREFACE CHILDHOOD.
... , guarded by angels , crowned of God with immortal glory . This course may begin with the earliest thoughts and feelings of childhood , -with the dawn of rea- B son . How solemnly these words strike on the thoughtful PREFACE CHILDHOOD.
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... glory ! a frail child of dust , Helpless Immortal , insect infinite . " Before the eyes of the infant stranger behold the light , maternal piety will have secretly and unceas- ingly implored in its behalf the Divine blessing ; nor can ...
... glory ! a frail child of dust , Helpless Immortal , insect infinite . " Before the eyes of the infant stranger behold the light , maternal piety will have secretly and unceas- ingly implored in its behalf the Divine blessing ; nor can ...
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... glory , which shall " govern them and lift them up for ever . " The devoted youth with enlightened eyes re - pe- ruses the covenant of pious childhood ; and with rejoicing heart and willing hand , seals it afresh . This early ...
... glory , which shall " govern them and lift them up for ever . " The devoted youth with enlightened eyes re - pe- ruses the covenant of pious childhood ; and with rejoicing heart and willing hand , seals it afresh . This early ...
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... glory could not equal . What is the most elegant ornament of the lordly domain ? Is it not the flowers ? And do these lose their beauty or fra- grance because their neighbours in the valley peep in at the cottager's window , twine round ...
... glory could not equal . What is the most elegant ornament of the lordly domain ? Is it not the flowers ? And do these lose their beauty or fra- grance because their neighbours in the valley peep in at the cottager's window , twine round ...
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Page 315 - 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. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 66 - I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 86 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 321 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 82 - He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him : and he shall see his face with joy, for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Page 140 - God to come unto you ; for I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established ; that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Page 82 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness ; then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit : I have found a ransom.
Page 219 - For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Page 114 - Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Page 258 - Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.