The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 32-33Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1878 |
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... blessed him in his buying and selling , he became a rich man . And having a great love for country life , he took his riches and bought some fields on which he had played and gathered flowers when a child , and also the mansion in which ...
... blessed him in his buying and selling , he became a rich man . And having a great love for country life , he took his riches and bought some fields on which he had played and gathered flowers when a child , and also the mansion in which ...
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... blessed port forever from the storm . The preachin ' ! Well , I can't just tell all that the preacher said ; I know it wasn't written , I know it wasn't read ; He hadn't time to read , for the lightnin ' of his eye Went passing ' long ...
... blessed port forever from the storm . The preachin ' ! Well , I can't just tell all that the preacher said ; I know it wasn't written , I know it wasn't read ; He hadn't time to read , for the lightnin ' of his eye Went passing ' long ...
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... Blessed is the son who has studied with his father ; and blessed the father who has instructed his son . Gems . The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice . The rich are always advising the poor ...
... Blessed is the son who has studied with his father ; and blessed the father who has instructed his son . Gems . The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice . The rich are always advising the poor ...
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... blessed Saviour wished to enter into Jerusalem as a King He rode on the foal of an ass , on which never man had sat ; and in order to make this foal tractable he desired the disciples . to bring the dam as well as the foal . The ass had ...
... blessed Saviour wished to enter into Jerusalem as a King He rode on the foal of an ass , on which never man had sat ; and in order to make this foal tractable he desired the disciples . to bring the dam as well as the foal . The ass had ...
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... blessed thing . And so I claim for my Lord His rightful dominion over all the works of His hand ! We will gather all the beauties of art , and all the treasures of music , all that is brightest and best in this world , and will lay them ...
... blessed thing . And so I claim for my Lord His rightful dominion over all the works of His hand ! We will gather all the beauties of art , and all the treasures of music , all that is brightest and best in this world , and will lay them ...
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Page 38 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Page 140 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 24 - After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days; My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays.
Page 24 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 76 - O! many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Page 133 - Christ, for his brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh ; " and if his " heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel was, that they might be saved...
Page 17 - ALL hail the power of Jesus' name ! Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all.
Page 21 - It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Page 48 - What to thee is shadow, to him is day. And the end he knoweth, And not on a blind and aimless way The spirit goeth.
Page 16 - ... nervous derangement in return. Either he absents himself entirely from all fellowship, and lives a recluse in a garret, with carpet slippers and a leaden inkpot ; or he comes among people swiftly and bitterly, in a contraction of his whole nervous system, to discharge some temper before he returns to work. I do not care how much or how well he works, this fellow is an evil feature in other people's lives.