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... sorrow which it might bring upon her ; but in the stedfastness of a meek and quiet spirit she made answer , " Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto me according to thy word . ” And will not you learn of her to offer up yourselves ...
... sorrow which it might bring upon her ; but in the stedfastness of a meek and quiet spirit she made answer , " Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto me according to thy word . ” And will not you learn of her to offer up yourselves ...
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... sorrow , as she learned with more adoring awe to worship our Lord in His un- speakable humility , while she ministered as a mother to all His infant wants . Have you never noticed a tiny infant in his nurse's arms ? And have you marked ...
... sorrow , as she learned with more adoring awe to worship our Lord in His un- speakable humility , while she ministered as a mother to all His infant wants . Have you never noticed a tiny infant in his nurse's arms ? And have you marked ...
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... sorrow nor crying , neither shall there be any more pain ; for the former things are passed away . " In that blessed day , when God shall have cut off all evil - doers from the city of the Lord , and when death and hell shall be cast ...
... sorrow nor crying , neither shall there be any more pain ; for the former things are passed away . " In that blessed day , when God shall have cut off all evil - doers from the city of the Lord , and when death and hell shall be cast ...
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... to meet the avenging stroke ? Didst thou in His infant face More than infant sorrow trace , Presage of the martyr mind , To a keener pang resigned ? Did thy trembling tears bedew Guiltless stains of deeper hue THE MARTYR SPIRIT . 67.
... to meet the avenging stroke ? Didst thou in His infant face More than infant sorrow trace , Presage of the martyr mind , To a keener pang resigned ? Did thy trembling tears bedew Guiltless stains of deeper hue THE MARTYR SPIRIT . 67.
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... sorrows and acquainted with grief , they confessed the manhood of the Word made flesh , weeping our tears even in His sinless infancy , taking on Himself our infirmities , and bearing our sicknesses . Such were the gifts they brought ...
... sorrows and acquainted with grief , they confessed the manhood of the Word made flesh , weeping our tears even in His sinless infancy , taking on Himself our infirmities , and bearing our sicknesses . Such were the gifts they brought ...
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Page 183 - But he answered and said unto him that told him; "Who is my mother? and who are my brethren ?" And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said ; " Behold, my mother, and my brethren.
Page 8 - Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David.
Page 139 - And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Page 70 - And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; 23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;) 24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.
Page 100 - And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 167 - And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, "They have no wine.
Page 167 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast...
Page 183 - And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him ; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said ; Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Page 127 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, » saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel ; for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Page 100 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.