The hills of the Shatemuc, by the author of 'The wide, wide world'.G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street., 1856 - 368 pages |
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Page 188 - A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th
Page 147 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 38 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Page 172 - Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Page 37 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 223 - For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord) make his paths straight.
Page 172 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 165 - Obliged to me, Winnie !' He had placed himself behind his little sister, with one hand holding her lightly by each shoulder ; and calm as his tone was, perhaps there came a sudden thought of words that he knew very well ' There fairer flowers than Eden's bloom, Nor sin nor sorrow know ; Blest seats ! through rude and stormy seas I onward press to you.
Page 229 - The sun shall be darkened, the moon turned to blood, The mountains all melt at the presence of God ; Red lightnings may flash, and loud thunders may roar, All this cannot daunt me on Canaan's blest shore. A glimpse of bright glory surprises my soul, I sink in sweet visions to view the bright goal ; My soul, while I'm singing, is leaping to go, This moment for heaven I'd leave all below. Farewell, my dear brethren, — my Lord bids me come ; Farewell, my dear sisters, — I'm now going home ; Bright...
Page 182 - Elizabeth turned the leaves aimlessly, and finally left it spread at one of these open places ; and with both elbows resting on the bed and both hands supporting her head, looked to see what she was to find there. It chanced to be the beginning of the 119th Psalm. ' BLESSED ARE THE UNDEFILED TN THE WAY, WHO WALK IN THE LAW OF THE LoRD.