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Page 141 - Remember all who love thee, All who are loved by thee ; Pray, too, for those who hate thee, If any such there be ; Then for thyself, in meekness, A blessing humbly claim, And link with each petition Thy great Redeemer's name.
Page 91 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 159 - An admirable story."— Court Journal Lotty' s Visit to Grandmama. A Story for the Little Ones. With Fifty Illustrations by WJ PETHERICK. Small 8 vo, cloth, 3/6. "An admirable book for little people. We most cordially recommend parents and others on the look out for the replenishment of the children's book-shelf to get this.
Page 163 - OLD TESTAMENT. The Story of Adam and Eve The Story of Abraham The Story of Joseph The Story of Moses The Story of Samuel The Story of David NEW TESTAMENT. The Childhood of Jesus The Friends of Jesus The Parables of Jesus Christ's Wonderful Works The Story of the Cross Stories of the...
Page 160 - The views of divine truth are decidedly evangelical, and worthy of being placed on the pillow, not of the mourner only, but of many who need to be reminded of mourners.
Page 156 - AND I. A Story of City Byeways. New Edition. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3/6. "Little Flo', with her industry and skill, her motherly instincts and efforts to keep her young brother Dick, the crossing-sweeper, honest; the good-natured, agreeable, clever young thief Jenks ; and, above all, the dear dog Scamp, with his knowing ways and soft brown eyes, are all as true to life and as touchingly set forth as any heart could desire.
Page 159 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till the night is gone, and with the morn those angel faces smile, which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Page 159 - New Edition, with Illustrations, cloth, 3/6. "Most earnestly do we recommend our readers to place 'The Lost Jewel* in their libraries."— British Mothers
Page 97 - As slow our ship her foamy track Against the wind was cleaving, Her trembling pennant still look'd back To that dear Isle 'twas leaving. So loath we part from all we love, From all the links that bind us ; So turn our hearts as on we rove, To those we've left behind us.