The Shepherd of Salisbury PlainWilliam P. Nimmo, 1874 - 71 pages |
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Page 46 - John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 31 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 17 - Besides that, his prayers and good advice we are always sure of; and we are truly thankful for that, for a man must give, you know, sir, according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 27 - The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 15 - I have led but a lonely life, and have often had but little to eat; but my Bible has been meat, drink, and company to me, as I may...
Page 9 - It will be such weather as pleases me," answered the shepherd. Though the answer was delivered in the mildest and most civil tone that could be imagined, the gentleman thought the words themselves rather rude and surly, and asked him how that could be. " Because," replied the shepherd, " it will be such weather as shall please God, and whatever pleases him always pleases me.
Page 14 - I have 1 not peeped at my Bible. If we can't find time to read a chapter, I defy any man to say he can't find time to read a verse; and a single text...
Page 9 - Johnson, who was on a journey, and somewhat fearful from the appearance of the sky, that rain was at no great distance, accosted the Shepherd with asking what sort of weather he thought it would be on the morrow. — "It will be such weather as pleases me,
Page 11 - You think then,' said the gentleman, ' that a laborious life is a happy one.' ' I do, sir ; and more so especially, as it exposes a man to fewer sins. If king Saul had continued a poor laborious man to the end of his days, he might have lived happy and honest, and died a natural death in his bed at last, which you know, sir more than he did.
Page 47 - I trust it has ever been my ruling principle, that honesty is the best policy; and likewise that other golden precept - to do unto all men as I would they should do unto me.