The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 32-33Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1878 |
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... that fair land within whose pearly portal The golden light falls soft on fount and tree : Vexed by no tempest , stretch those shores immortal , -Argosy . Where there is no more sea . word , " Why lose thy faith in me ? 12.
... that fair land within whose pearly portal The golden light falls soft on fount and tree : Vexed by no tempest , stretch those shores immortal , -Argosy . Where there is no more sea . word , " Why lose thy faith in me ? 12.
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... trees , fruit , grass and flowers , streams and hills , around them , but they are only undulations of darkness ; he has mountains , but they are gaunt and gloomy crags ; he has streams , but they are chill with the touch of darkness ...
... trees , fruit , grass and flowers , streams and hills , around them , but they are only undulations of darkness ; he has mountains , but they are gaunt and gloomy crags ; he has streams , but they are chill with the touch of darkness ...
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... tree , I shall hear , in the desert , Thy chiding be cleared up by the studious , the other which. word , " Why lose thy faith in me ? " One thing I know in my foolishness , One thing , in my blindness , I see , That whether through vale ...
... tree , I shall hear , in the desert , Thy chiding be cleared up by the studious , the other which. word , " Why lose thy faith in me ? " One thing I know in my foolishness , One thing , in my blindness , I see , That whether through vale ...
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... trees . You know that a hedgehog will roll itself up into a prickly ball , so that a dog cannot get at it to bite . The Porcupine does something like that ; for if a dog or jackal or hyena should come near to lay hold of it , the ...
... trees . You know that a hedgehog will roll itself up into a prickly ball , so that a dog cannot get at it to bite . The Porcupine does something like that ; for if a dog or jackal or hyena should come near to lay hold of it , the ...
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... tree borne along on the mighty wave was dashed into an open window of the curé's house , while he was sitting at dinner , the servant who was attending him being killed on the spot . Many lives were lost during this second great berg ...
... tree borne along on the mighty wave was dashed into an open window of the curé's house , while he was sitting at dinner , the servant who was attending him being killed on the spot . Many lives were lost during this second great berg ...
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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.