From Shore to Shore: A Journey of Nineteen YearsPrinted at the Riverside Press, 1873 - 383 pages |
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afternoon Aggie Agnes arrived Auburndale Barbut beautiful bewitching place blessed Bordeaux Brest Cairndow carved castle chapel charming child Christ church comfort cough DARLING dear old delightful dressed drove dyspepsia enjoy everything eyes FATHER AND MOTHER February 14 feel France French Friday friends girl give glad grand half past happy hear heard heart hills Holy Week hope Italy lake leave letter look Lord Lucerne Monday morning Mont Blanc mountains never nice night Nismes o'clock Palatine Hill Paris passed pleasant Portrush prayers preach precious PRECIOUS FATHER Prince Consort Queen Rennes ride Rome ruins Saturday Scotland seemed sermon side sister sorrow soul stay stone Sunday sweet tell things thought Thursday to-day told took a carriage town Tuesday walked Wednesday week window wish wonderful write Yesterday
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Page 382 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 55 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 250 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 209 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Page 4 - seven times" over and over, Seven times one are seven. I am old, so old, I can write a letter; My birthday lessons are done; The lambs play always, they know no better; They are only one times one.
Page 55 - twere a living thing ; The homage of its waves is given In ceaseless worshipping. They kneel upon the sloping sand, As bends the human knee, A beautiful and tireless band, The priesthood of the sea...
Page 135 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Page 372 - And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart : and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
Page 180 - The Earth goes on the Earth glittering with gold ; The Earth goes to the Earth sooner than it wold ; The Earth builds on the Earth castles and towers ; The Earth says to the Earth, All this is ours.
Page 332 - A voice is heard on earth of kinsfolk weeping The loss of one they love ; But he is gone where the redeemed are keeping A festival above.