Our homeless poor; and what we can do to help them, by the author of 'Helen Lyndsay' [sic]. |
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... father's or a husband's care supports it — a mother's love hallows it - the sweet voices of endear- ing children fill it with joyousness . Business may compel our absence for a time , pleasure's glittering form attract our senses ...
... father's or a husband's care supports it — a mother's love hallows it - the sweet voices of endear- ing children fill it with joyousness . Business may compel our absence for a time , pleasure's glittering form attract our senses ...
Page 50
... father's anxiety intense in its depth - they were suffering the agony of bereave- ment - bereavement that struck a poisoned arrow into their heart , for although death had not entered their circle , yet " they wept , and would not be ...
... father's anxiety intense in its depth - they were suffering the agony of bereave- ment - bereavement that struck a poisoned arrow into their heart , for although death had not entered their circle , yet " they wept , and would not be ...
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... father's face , or return to the shelter of his parents ' home . Fearful and heart - rending had been the hardships he had undergone three months of exposure and want had reduced his spirits and frame , everything but his in- domitable ...
... father's face , or return to the shelter of his parents ' home . Fearful and heart - rending had been the hardships he had undergone three months of exposure and want had reduced his spirits and frame , everything but his in- domitable ...
Page 54
... father should be written to , and invited to come to Field - Lane , but that no mention of such a proceeding should ... father's sensations , when , nine months after the loss of his child , he received a letter , cautiously , however ...
... father should be written to , and invited to come to Field - Lane , but that no mention of such a proceeding should ... father's sensations , when , nine months after the loss of his child , he received a letter , cautiously , however ...
Page 55
... father was introduced into the ragged school , the child being withdrawn as much as possible from the rest . On looking up , without any previous intimation , he saw his father standing before him . Had an angel appeared from heaven ...
... father was introduced into the ragged school , the child being withdrawn as much as possible from the rest . On looking up , without any previous intimation , he saw his father standing before him . Had an angel appeared from heaven ...
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Page 93 - Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures
Page 143 - The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver. But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd— Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world...
Page 207 - So is it with true Christian hearts ; Their mutual share in Jesus' blood An everlasting bond imparts Of holiest brotherhood : Oh ! might we all our lineage prove, Give and forgive, do good and love, By soft endearments in kind strife Lightening the load of daily life...
Page 223 - I was an hungered and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me...
Page 113 - Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet ! For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal...
Page 59 - The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Page 207 - No distance breaks the tie of blood : Brothers are brothers evermore ; Nor wrong, nor wrath of deadliest mood, That magic may o'erpower ; Oft, ere the common source be known, The kindred drops will claim their own, And throbbing pulses silently Move heart towards heart by sympathy. So is it with true Christian hearts ; Their mutual share in Jesus...
Page 233 - For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also...
Page 167 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 81 - Men! with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.