The Sunday Magazine for Family Reading, Volume 1Daldy, Isbister & Company, 1878 |
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Page 50
... light and heat . The religion of idolatry , of sculptures , of sacred wells and rivers , of gross fetichism , of mythological representations of many - handed , or many - headed , or many - bodied deities , is losing , in their eyes ...
... light and heat . The religion of idolatry , of sculptures , of sacred wells and rivers , of gross fetichism , of mythological representations of many - handed , or many - headed , or many - bodied deities , is losing , in their eyes ...
Page 65
... LIGHT IN DARK PLACES . Amongst the many good works which claim our attention and sympathy , those which are carried on amidst the squalid courts and alleys of our great cities always appeal to us with peculiar force . Life in such ...
... LIGHT IN DARK PLACES . Amongst the many good works which claim our attention and sympathy , those which are carried on amidst the squalid courts and alleys of our great cities always appeal to us with peculiar force . Life in such ...
Page 67
... light labour ; all that is required in order to fulfil a task which will yield a very profitable return is a certain deftness of hand which women and children often possess in a higher degree than men . And so , from year to year , when ...
... light labour ; all that is required in order to fulfil a task which will yield a very profitable return is a certain deftness of hand which women and children often possess in a higher degree than men . And so , from year to year , when ...
Page 73
... light through the place . Justin threw him- self down into a large old chair , that was drawn up to the hearth , and felt all at once how worn - out and weary he was with the excitement of the last night and day . He closed his eyes ...
... light through the place . Justin threw him- self down into a large old chair , that was drawn up to the hearth , and felt all at once how worn - out and weary he was with the excitement of the last night and day . He closed his eyes ...
Page 74
... light beaming in them , and her lips melted again into a tender smile . " I do not wish to forget it , " she said very quietly . " I have always loved you , Justin . ” " I cannot believe it , " cried Justin on his knees beside her , and ...
... light beaming in them , and her lips melted again into a tender smile . " I do not wish to forget it , " she said very quietly . " I have always loved you , Justin . ” " I cannot believe it , " cried Justin on his knees beside her , and ...
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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.