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... minister who lives in that white house in the valley , is very willing , but not very able to assist us on these trying occa- sions , for he has little enough for himself " and a large family into the bargain . Yet he does what he can ...
... minister who lives in that white house in the valley , is very willing , but not very able to assist us on these trying occa- sions , for he has little enough for himself " and a large family into the bargain . Yet he does what he can ...
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... minister called out to me , and asked me how my wife did , saying he had been kept from coming to see her by the deep fall of snow ; and in- deed from the minister's house to my hovel it was quite impassable . I gave him all the 28 THE ...
... minister called out to me , and asked me how my wife did , saying he had been kept from coming to see her by the deep fall of snow ; and in- deed from the minister's house to my hovel it was quite impassable . I gave him all the 28 THE ...
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... minister's house . I had al- ways heard him spoken of as a plain frugal man , who lived close himself , but was re- marked to give away more than any of his showy neighbours . " Well ! I went home with great spirits at this seasonable ...
... minister's house . I had al- ways heard him spoken of as a plain frugal man , who lived close himself , but was re- marked to give away more than any of his showy neighbours . " Well ! I went home with great spirits at this seasonable ...
Page 53
... minister , who was well acquainted with the character of Mr. Johnson , and had a great respect for him , accosted him with much civility ; express- ing his concern that he could not enjoy just now so much of his conversation as he ...
... minister , who was well acquainted with the character of Mr. Johnson , and had a great respect for him , accosted him with much civility ; express- ing his concern that he could not enjoy just now so much of his conversation as he ...
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... minister's house , walked home with his wife and children , and was beginning in his usual way to catechise and instruct his family , when Mr. Johnson came in , and insisted that the shepherd should go on with his instructions , just as ...
... minister's house , walked home with his wife and children , and was beginning in his usual way to catechise and instruct his family , when Mr. Johnson came in , and insisted that the shepherd should go on with his instructions , just as ...
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Page 32 - 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 48 - Go and show 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 18 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 15 - I have led but a lonely life, and have often had but little to cat, but my Bible has been meat, drink, and company to me, as I may say, and when want and trouble have come upon me, I don't know what I should have done indeed, sir, if I had not had the promises of this book for my stay and support.
Page 14 - I believe there is no day for the last thirty years, that I have 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 sir, well followed and put in practice every day, would make no bad figure at the year's end...
Page 9 - Mr. Johnson, who delighted in good men and good things, was very well satisfied with his reply. For he justly thought that though a hypocrite may easily contrive to appear better than he really is, to a stranger, and that no one should be too soon trusted merely for having a few good words in his mouth; yet, as he knew that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," he always accustomed himself to judge favorably of those who had a serious deportment and solid manner of speaking.
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 v 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, was more than he did. But I...
Page 9 - ... 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 41 - You must know, sir, that both of us, next to a sin, dread a debt, and indeed in some cases a debt is a sin ; but with all our care and pains, we have never been able quite to pay off the doctor's bill for that bad fit of rheumatism which I had last winter.