Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey1841 |
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... speak well of the absent , and to represent favourably what to others may ap- pear doubtful . " She has a high way with her , " said an Irish maiden , when speaking of her absent mistress , who was considered proud : " peo- ple do not ...
... speak well of the absent , and to represent favourably what to others may ap- pear doubtful . " She has a high way with her , " said an Irish maiden , when speaking of her absent mistress , who was considered proud : " peo- ple do not ...
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... speak with the tongues of men and of angels , and have not charity , I am become as sounding brass , or a tinkling cymbal . - Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and though I give my body to be burned , and have not cha ...
... speak with the tongues of men and of angels , and have not charity , I am become as sounding brass , or a tinkling cymbal . - Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and though I give my body to be burned , and have not cha ...
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... speak to him another word . He did , it is true , intend to say something , and the verse on the old tomb- stone was on the tip of his tongue ; but the sexton , with his shining bald head , having stuck on his hat all on one side , and ...
... speak to him another word . He did , it is true , intend to say something , and the verse on the old tomb- stone was on the tip of his tongue ; but the sexton , with his shining bald head , having stuck on his hat all on one side , and ...
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... what will , to run after the pleasures of a world which passeth away ? or are we resolved , at all hazards , to seek after the joys of a world that endureth for ever ? THE TONGUE . LET an old man speak , for This World, or the next?
... what will , to run after the pleasures of a world which passeth away ? or are we resolved , at all hazards , to seek after the joys of a world that endureth for ever ? THE TONGUE . LET an old man speak , for This World, or the next?
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... speak- ing , lying , and slandering , with the poor , pitiful excuse , that he has " heard it said so . " When a house is on fire , though the flame bursts through the floors , wraps round the walls , and rages among the rafters , you ...
... speak- ing , lying , and slandering , with the poor , pitiful excuse , that he has " heard it said so . " When a house is on fire , though the flame bursts through the floors , wraps round the walls , and rages among the rafters , you ...
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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.