The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 34-35Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1881 - Baptists |
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... soon the soldier turned his face again . But its hardened expression was all gone . " Who taught you that ? " he asked , when the hymn was done . " My mother . " " So did mine . I learned it of her when I was a child , and I used to ...
... soon the soldier turned his face again . But its hardened expression was all gone . " Who taught you that ? " he asked , when the hymn was done . " My mother . " " So did mine . I learned it of her when I was a child , and I used to ...
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... soon induce a healthy hunger . Those who have this organ in good working order , would do well to remember that the time when every particle of food has left the stomach , is not the time to put more in . An hour's rest , at least , is ...
... soon induce a healthy hunger . Those who have this organ in good working order , would do well to remember that the time when every particle of food has left the stomach , is not the time to put more in . An hour's rest , at least , is ...
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... soon as this gentleman came into the castle , he began to talk of his Heavenly Father in terms that chilled the old man's blood , on which the baron reproved him , saying , “ Are you not afraid of offending God , who reigns above , by ...
... soon as this gentleman came into the castle , he began to talk of his Heavenly Father in terms that chilled the old man's blood , on which the baron reproved him , saying , “ Are you not afraid of offending God , who reigns above , by ...
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... on a heap of earth , as if dead , within site of the plunderer , and , as success always increases avidity , the bird immediately seized her , and flew away , but soon fell 18 ANECDOTES AND SELECTIONS . down dead by the bite of.
... on a heap of earth , as if dead , within site of the plunderer , and , as success always increases avidity , the bird immediately seized her , and flew away , but soon fell 18 ANECDOTES AND SELECTIONS . down dead by the bite of.
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... soon as General Todleben's defensive works were so far advanced as to render the city proof against any immediate assault , the officer in question was sent to announce the good news to the Czar . After travelling night and day over the ...
... soon as General Todleben's defensive works were so far advanced as to render the city proof against any immediate assault , the officer in question was sent to announce the good news to the Czar . After travelling night and day over the ...
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Page 63 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 107 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King To break the heathen and uphold the Christ...
Page 54 - For all flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Page 72 - There is an eye that never sleeps Beneath the wing of night; There is an ear that never shuts, When sink the beams of light.
Page 25 - No good in creatures can be found, But may be found in thee : I must have all things, and abound, While God is God to me.
Page 24 - TEACH me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee...
Page 72 - BE not afraid to pray — to pray is right. Pray, if thou canst, with hope ; but ever pray, Though hope be weak, or sick with long delay; Pray in the darkness, if there be no light. Far is the time, remote from human sight, When war and discord on the earth shall cease ; Yet every prayer for universal peace Avails the blessed time to expedite. Whate'er is good to wish, ask that of Heaven, Though it be what thou canst not hope to see: Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so...
Page 115 - ... asked him why he did not worship the God of heaven. The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other God ; at which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry, that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him •where the stranger was : he replied, ' I thrust him away, because he did not worship thee.
Page 89 - In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
Page 10 - It may not be our lot to wield The sickle in the ripened field ; Nor ours to hear, on summer eves, The reaper's song among the sheaves. Yet where our duty's task is wrought In unison with God's great thought, The near and future blend in one, And whatsoe'er is willed, is done...