Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey1841 |
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... branch of the tree , every spray of the branch , and every leaf of the spray , appears to address Old Humphrey . One evening , on returning home through some fields of mowing grass , I stopped short on hear- ing the noise of the ...
... branch of the tree , every spray of the branch , and every leaf of the spray , appears to address Old Humphrey . One evening , on returning home through some fields of mowing grass , I stopped short on hear- ing the noise of the ...
Page 54
... branches , and how sharply are the leaves of the same spray pointed against each other ! I could think of the opposing interests of the world - its wars , its rumours , its commotions ; nation set against nation , and kingdom against ...
... branches , and how sharply are the leaves of the same spray pointed against each other ! I could think of the opposing interests of the world - its wars , its rumours , its commotions ; nation set against nation , and kingdom against ...
Page 55
... branches of the same family at variance with each other . I could think of these things , I say , until I regarded the whole world as a holly bush . And what are its inhabitants ? Evergreens in appearance , glossy in their expressions ...
... branches of the same family at variance with each other . I could think of these things , I say , until I regarded the whole world as a holly bush . And what are its inhabitants ? Evergreens in appearance , glossy in their expressions ...
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... branches . And can we learn nothing from the holly bush ? Perhaps the little spray that I now hold in my hand was among the topmost branches of its pa- rent tree , and bore its blushing honours thick upon its aspiring head , defying the ...
... branches . And can we learn nothing from the holly bush ? Perhaps the little spray that I now hold in my hand was among the topmost branches of its pa- rent tree , and bore its blushing honours thick upon its aspiring head , defying the ...
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... branch from off the stem , and observe how precisely it will bear the leading fea- tures of the whole plant : you hold in your hand a complete fern , but of smaller dimensions . Strip off then one feathery spray from the branch , and 72 ...
... branch from off the stem , and observe how precisely it will bear the leading fea- tures of the whole plant : you hold in your hand a complete fern , but of smaller dimensions . Strip off then one feathery spray from the branch , and 72 ...
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Abel Austin affliction appear BALD-HEADED SEXTON Bamborough Castle Banian tree BERNARD GILPIN blessed body branch BRINKBURN PRIORY broken Canaan Christian comfort corn corncrake dark dark pages death DEATH'S VISITS DIVER ears earth EDMUND HAWKER eternal everlasting evil faith Father fear fire fruit GERANIUM TREE glory God's goodly grace grave green hand happiness hast rivers head hear heart heaven heavenly holly bush holy hope hour Jesus Christ joyful noise kind look Matt mercy mind never night old hovel Old Humphrey passed peace pearls PHILIP OF MACEDON pilgrim pleasant pointer dog poor praise prayer racter Redeemer rejoice rich sabbath Saviour SCOTTISH BORDER season sing unto smutted sorrow soul spirit sword thee things Thomas Sternhold thou art thought tongue track trouble unto the Lord village walked waters weary word worldly younker youth
Popular passages
Page 2 - 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.
Page 109 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 237 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 58 - 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.
Page 224 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 271 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 18 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.