The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and Other StoriesAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1855 - 192 pages |
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Ahab asked aunt basket beautiful Bessie Bible tells birdlings birds blessed bright eyes called Charley cheeks cheerful child clothes comfort David dear boy dear children doll dollars door dress Dudley Dudley told Dudley's earth Eddie Elijah enjoy eyes face fear feel felt flying friends gentleman give grandmother grass grieved habit hand happy hear heard heart heavenly Father Honeysuckle Honeysuckleville hope inquired Israel Jesus kind knew lady little boy little girl live look Lord's Prayer Mary Mary Wilson morning mother neighbour nest never forget news-boys Nineveh obey opened panion pantaloons parents peep pleasant pleasant home pleasure poor pray prayer pretty Quesa rain Reuben robin Saviour smile sometimes soon sparrows talked tears tell thing thou thought tion told tree velocipede walk warm Widow Cahoon Willie Willie's window wish woman young
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Page 76 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 57 - For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: 'The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
Page 66 - ... for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Page 75 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 185 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 108 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath : for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Page 108 - Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof : and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Page 58 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 60 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 97 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.