The Sunday Magazine for Family Reading, Volume 1Daldy, Isbister & Company, 1878 |
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Page 71
... give for missions as they give for luxuries and amuse- ments ? When will they learn to deny themselves for the work of God as they deny themselves for such earthly objects as are dear to their hearts ? Or , rather , when will they count ...
... give for missions as they give for luxuries and amuse- ments ? When will they learn to deny themselves for the work of God as they deny themselves for such earthly objects as are dear to their hearts ? Or , rather , when will they count ...
Page 76
... give up her father ; and she asked herself mournfully , what would become of him , if he was left to run on in his evil ways , with none of the checks she could interpose ? " Why did you go away so soon ? " she wrote at last , not ...
... give up her father ; and she asked herself mournfully , what would become of him , if he was left to run on in his evil ways , with none of the checks she could interpose ? " Why did you go away so soon ? " she wrote at last , not ...
Page 83
... give us the best of oil . God Almighty doesn't wish to take away His gifts , our boats , and nets , and flocks , and houses , and children ; but if we won't keep our lamps burnin ' for want of the oil He's ready to give us into th ...
... give us the best of oil . God Almighty doesn't wish to take away His gifts , our boats , and nets , and flocks , and houses , and children ; but if we won't keep our lamps burnin ' for want of the oil He's ready to give us into th ...
Page 90
... Give ye them to cat " -are furnished by St. Matthew , St. Mark , and St. Luke . They do not appear Matt . xvi . 9 , 10. See Mark viii . 19 , 20 . + Matt . xiv . 16 ; Mark vi . 37 ; Luke ix . 13 . other details , which give point to ...
... Give ye them to cat " -are furnished by St. Matthew , St. Mark , and St. Luke . They do not appear Matt . xvi . 9 , 10. See Mark viii . 19 , 20 . + Matt . xiv . 16 ; Mark vi . 37 ; Luke ix . 13 . other details , which give point to ...
Page 91
... Give ye them to eat . " Even common philanthropy , even mere human sympathy , quickened by the remembrance that these are our fellow subjects , gives dis- tinctness to the command . And to a great extent the enabling power is bestowed ...
... Give ye them to eat . " Even common philanthropy , even mere human sympathy , quickened by the remembrance that these are our fellow subjects , gives dis- tinctness to the command . And to a great extent the enabling power is bestowed ...
Common terms and phrases
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.