The Amaranth: A Gift for All SeasonsAmerican Sunday-school union, 1842 - 233 pages |
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Page 42
... story of the traders coming to them under the garb of friend- ship , and giving them the ' fire - water , ' as they ap- propriately styled ardent spirits ; and how , under its strange influence , they have been persuaded for a paltry ...
... story of the traders coming to them under the garb of friend- ship , and giving them the ' fire - water , ' as they ap- propriately styled ardent spirits ; and how , under its strange influence , they have been persuaded for a paltry ...
Page 64
... story that he told , they resolved to have some fun out of him , and so they dragged him to the pump , and were actively en- gaged in pumping water upon him . In this they were helped by Kate Merril , a frolicsome , thought- less girl ...
... story that he told , they resolved to have some fun out of him , and so they dragged him to the pump , and were actively en- gaged in pumping water upon him . In this they were helped by Kate Merril , a frolicsome , thought- less girl ...
Page 69
... story . It is enough to say , that the Christian kindness of this young woman to a poor , motherless boy , was the occasion of his becoming a useful citizen , and a good man . He often used to say that the old pump at Tiverton was dear ...
... story . It is enough to say , that the Christian kindness of this young woman to a poor , motherless boy , was the occasion of his becoming a useful citizen , and a good man . He often used to say that the old pump at Tiverton was dear ...
Page 75
... story , and contains two rooms besides the kitchen . You may look into the kitchen through the half - door . The chair in which Mrs. Morley sits is not like those which we commonly see in poor people's houses . It is an arm - chair of ...
... story , and contains two rooms besides the kitchen . You may look into the kitchen through the half - door . The chair in which Mrs. Morley sits is not like those which we commonly see in poor people's houses . It is an arm - chair of ...
Page 77
... story - books . But it is the New Testament history which gives her the greatest pleasure . If her grandmother did not check her , she would read all the afternoon about the Lord Jesus Christ . She feels as if she had seen him and known ...
... story - books . But it is the New Testament history which gives her the greatest pleasure . If her grandmother did not check her , she would read all the afternoon about the Lord Jesus Christ . She feels as if she had seen him and known ...
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Page 161 - The eternal regions: lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground, With solemn adoration, down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amarant and gold; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream; With these, that...
Page 188 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Page 161 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions...
Page 114 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 32 - Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 128 - For GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only Begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have Everlasting life.
Page 159 - Of mercy and justice in thy face discern'd, Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat Second to thee, offer'd himself to die For man's offence. O unexampled love ! Love no where to be found less than divine ! Hail, Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song Henceforth, and never shall my harp thy praise Forget, nor from thy Father's praise disjoin ! " Thus they in heaven, above the starry sphere, Their happy hours in joy and hymning spent.
Page 157 - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Page 32 - Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Page 75 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.