The Sunday Magazine for Family Reading, Volume 1Daldy, Isbister & Company, 1878 |
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Page 11
... once again a widow . It was not probable that she could feel any profound grief at the loss that had just befallen her . Her husband , like any other man utterly wrapped up in self , had made her life a weariness and burden to her . The ...
... once again a widow . It was not probable that she could feel any profound grief at the loss that had just befallen her . Her husband , like any other man utterly wrapped up in self , had made her life a weariness and burden to her . The ...
Page 16
... once made bright the little place- But long ago . And sometimes , fresh from autumn's brush , Gay leaves that flame with gold and red Fall thick around , but soon they fade And lie all withered , sear , and dead , Like blasted hopes ...
... once made bright the little place- But long ago . And sometimes , fresh from autumn's brush , Gay leaves that flame with gold and red Fall thick around , but soon they fade And lie all withered , sear , and dead , Like blasted hopes ...
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... once been his own . When he removed to Edinburgh he came into a different stratum . It did not furnish the same pro- portion of youths working their way upwards . Esteemed and loved he could not fail to be , yet he might have had a ...
... once been his own . When he removed to Edinburgh he came into a different stratum . It did not furnish the same pro- portion of youths working their way upwards . Esteemed and loved he could not fail to be , yet he might have had a ...
Page 27
... once , just as there are slow poisons which do not at once dis- cover themselves , but , sooner or later , the poison does its work . Do not allow unne- cessary people to go in or out or to stay in the room ; each person consumes so ...
... once , just as there are slow poisons which do not at once dis- cover themselves , but , sooner or later , the poison does its work . Do not allow unne- cessary people to go in or out or to stay in the room ; each person consumes so ...
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... once past , she demeaned herself like a Christian woman and bore him two children . " All that we learn of Anne Ascue after- vards goes far to corroborate this account . Even when a girl she could hardly have been so yielding , soft ...
... once past , she demeaned herself like a Christian woman and bore him two children . " All that we learn of Anne Ascue after- vards goes far to corroborate this account . Even when a girl she could hardly have been so yielding , soft ...
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answered Ascue asked beautiful Bechuanas Benares better Bible blessed brother Calcutta called chaffinches child Christ Christian Church Church Missionary Society cried Cunliffe dark dear death Diana Diana Lynn drink earth eyes face faith father feel felt flowers friends girl give glory God's Gospel hand happy hear heard heart heaven Herford Court HESBA STRETTON holy hope India Jesus Justin Webb kind knew Kreli labour lady Leah light little Lennie living London London Missionary Society look Lord Master Dick ment mind mission missionary morning mother native navvies never night once Pansy Pendlebury poor prayer preaching Richard Herford seemed sorrow soul speak spirit strong suffering Sunday sweet tell Thee thing thou thought tion told truth unto village voice woman wonder words young Zanzibar
Popular passages
Page 292 - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 129 - It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Page 272 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 165 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 183 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Page 88 - Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up...
Page 300 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed...
Page 518 - 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 345 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, And floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, And my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows by the water courses.
Page 100 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother ! or, Ah sister ! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.