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Page 38
... brought with it the figure of the bald- headed sexton . The very first walk that Abel took , after his arrival at the village , was to the churchyard , where , as he entered the little gate at the corner , he again heard the bell toll ...
... brought with it the figure of the bald- headed sexton . The very first walk that Abel took , after his arrival at the village , was to the churchyard , where , as he entered the little gate at the corner , he again heard the bell toll ...
Page 48
... brought me back to the beaten path . I did not discover that evening where the corncrake was ; but I found out , to a certainty , many places where it was not . Perhaps , reader , you may have been as much disappointed in your search ...
... brought me back to the beaten path . I did not discover that evening where the corncrake was ; but I found out , to a certainty , many places where it was not . Perhaps , reader , you may have been as much disappointed in your search ...
Page 51
... brought low . Thou wast a prisoner ; but thy ransom is paid . Sing , soldier ! for , though thou wast a rebel fighting under the standard of sin , now thou art a true and faithful soldier of Jesus Christ , conquering under the banner of ...
... brought low . Thou wast a prisoner ; but thy ransom is paid . Sing , soldier ! for , though thou wast a rebel fighting under the standard of sin , now thou art a true and faithful soldier of Jesus Christ , conquering under the banner of ...
Page 59
... brought up from the mighty deep : listen , and you shall hear my re- lation . " For twenty years of my life , I was a diver in books , and brought up stores of knowledge that to me were prizable , gems of thought and costly pearls of ...
... brought up from the mighty deep : listen , and you shall hear my re- lation . " For twenty years of my life , I was a diver in books , and brought up stores of knowledge that to me were prizable , gems of thought and costly pearls of ...
Page 61
... brought in great backsliding of heart , and barrenness of soul ; and where it would have ended , I cannot tell : but it pleased a faithful God , who had set his love upon me , to visit me with the rod . The dark clouds of his providence ...
... brought in great backsliding of heart , and barrenness of soul ; and where it would have ended , I cannot tell : but it pleased a faithful God , who had set his love upon me , to visit me with the rod . The dark clouds of his providence ...
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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
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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.