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... spent entirely in the South , and covers the most eventful and stirring period of the Nation's his- tory . She is able to recall the happy days of Southern prosperity prior to the civil war . She knows experimentally and by observation ...
... spent entirely in the South , and covers the most eventful and stirring period of the Nation's his- tory . She is able to recall the happy days of Southern prosperity prior to the civil war . She knows experimentally and by observation ...
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... spent many happy hours with these good people in the long ago . The old man was a Methodist preacher , and close by his house stood a neat little building , in which he gathered all the children on Sunday morning to teach them their ...
... spent many happy hours with these good people in the long ago . The old man was a Methodist preacher , and close by his house stood a neat little building , in which he gathered all the children on Sunday morning to teach them their ...
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... spent , when about eight years old , going round calling with Aunt Polly , as everybody called her . She was a Mrs. Barefield , but few knew her except as Aunt Polly . She never left home with- out her Other Events of Childhood-School.
... spent , when about eight years old , going round calling with Aunt Polly , as everybody called her . She was a Mrs. Barefield , but few knew her except as Aunt Polly . She never left home with- out her Other Events of Childhood-School.
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... spent several years very happily in my sister Violetta's family , although I never could speak of my sainted mother without shedding tears . Our once rustic little village had by this time grown to be quite a town , and supported good ...
... spent several years very happily in my sister Violetta's family , although I never could speak of my sainted mother without shedding tears . Our once rustic little village had by this time grown to be quite a town , and supported good ...
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... spent here at Montpelier , and memory still retains some lovely pictures of our life in these classic halls . The school was con- ducted somewhat unlike most boarding schools . It was divided into sections , each section consisting of ...
... spent here at Montpelier , and memory still retains some lovely pictures of our life in these classic halls . The school was con- ducted somewhat unlike most boarding schools . It was divided into sections , each section consisting of ...
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Page 55 - And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Page 56 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again ; not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Page 111 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 52 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Page 69 - Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Page 190 - Deems his own land of every land the pride Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside His home a spot of earth supremely blest A dearer sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 60 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 52 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 54 - That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Page 57 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.