Pleasant readings for homely people, by the author of 'Words of consolation and counsel for the tried and sorrowful'.1869 |
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... things , which make those who think about them very happy . There is a difference , my readers , be- tween being merry and being happy . The boisterous gaiety which many put on is merely a mask CHRISTMAS TIME A HAPPY TIME.
... things , which make those who think about them very happy . There is a difference , my readers , be- tween being merry and being happy . The boisterous gaiety which many put on is merely a mask CHRISTMAS TIME A HAPPY TIME.
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... thing . It may be compared , not to the brook passing over pebbles and stones , but to the broad full stream flow- ing onward , and silently carrying fertility and freshness within its bosom . Let us enter into the spirit of a truly ...
... thing . It may be compared , not to the brook passing over pebbles and stones , but to the broad full stream flow- ing onward , and silently carrying fertility and freshness within its bosom . Let us enter into the spirit of a truly ...
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... things in general . What others thought of Mr. Self - Conceit was quite contrary to what he thought of himself ; for the opinion was that he really knew nothing correctly , but had a smattering of many things and did not think for ...
... things in general . What others thought of Mr. Self - Conceit was quite contrary to what he thought of himself ; for the opinion was that he really knew nothing correctly , but had a smattering of many things and did not think for ...
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... , so that they may see and smell but are not permitted to taste the things provided for those who have been industrious . Poverty is too often the result of idle- ness rather than misfortune . Only be slothful , " 13.
... , so that they may see and smell but are not permitted to taste the things provided for those who have been industrious . Poverty is too often the result of idle- ness rather than misfortune . Only be slothful , " 13.
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... things and did strange things , whose habits of life needed much improvement ; but space for- bids our doing so . But if either Mr. Self- Conceit , Mr. Crusty , Mr. Whisperer , & c . , are led to see the bad influence they exert upon ...
... things and did strange things , whose habits of life needed much improvement ; but space for- bids our doing so . But if either Mr. Self- Conceit , Mr. Crusty , Mr. Whisperer , & c . , are led to see the bad influence they exert upon ...
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Page 7 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Page 5 - AT that time Jesus went on •**• the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Page 2 - MUCH. THEY never blister the tongue or lips. And we have never heard of any mental trouble arising from this quarter. Though they do not cost much, yet they accomplish much.
Page 6 - Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
Page 12 - Home's not merely four square walls, Though with pictures hung and gilded ; Home is where affection calls — Filled with shrines the heart hath builded.
Page 10 - The next world's gladness prepossessed in this ; A day to seek ; Eternity in time ; the steps by which We climb above all ages ; lamps that light Man through his heap of dark days ; and the rich And full redemption of the whole week's flight ; The pulleys unto headlong man ; time's bower ; The narrow way ; Transplanted paradise ; God's walking hour ; The cool o...
Page 1 - Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Page 10 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 6 - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed : but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Page 9 - And lifting his new Bible before the congregation, with the excited energy of a feeble old " man, he said: — ' My Brethren and Sisters, this is my resolve. The dust shall never cover " my new Bible. The moths shall never eat it. The mildew shall never rot it. My light! "My joy!!