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Page 16
... father's God behind him because he had left his father's tent , but discovered , as he lay down to rest upon the hillside , that he was pursued . " Lo , God is here and I knew it not , " was his astonished cry . For the shepherd is out ...
... father's God behind him because he had left his father's tent , but discovered , as he lay down to rest upon the hillside , that he was pursued . " Lo , God is here and I knew it not , " was his astonished cry . For the shepherd is out ...
Page 29
... father who tried to explain this poem to his children was suddenly confronted by the question asked by the youngest of his hear- ers- " But why did he want to run away from God ? " Who could explain to the little child why the very ...
... father who tried to explain this poem to his children was suddenly confronted by the question asked by the youngest of his hear- ers- " But why did he want to run away from God ? " Who could explain to the little child why the very ...
Page 36
... father spoke sadly in my hearing . He had studied to make the home interesting to his boy , but had failed . The son's pleasures were all outside in a world of which the parents knew almost nothing . And God has seen this tragic thing ...
... father spoke sadly in my hearing . He had studied to make the home interesting to his boy , but had failed . The son's pleasures were all outside in a world of which the parents knew almost nothing . And God has seen this tragic thing ...
Page 37
... father . He pointed North and South and East and West to indicate its vastness . " It reaches everywhere , " he concluded . " Then Father , " exclaimed the child , we must be in the very middle of the love of God . " They were both ...
... father . He pointed North and South and East and West to indicate its vastness . " It reaches everywhere , " he concluded . " Then Father , " exclaimed the child , we must be in the very middle of the love of God . " They were both ...
Page 50
... father , who had been a drunken spendthrift , is dead ; his mother , a foolish , fond , garrulous scold , loves the youth but has never disciplined him . Mother and son appear together in the opening scene , and Peer is talking . He is ...
... father , who had been a drunken spendthrift , is dead ; his mother , a foolish , fond , garrulous scold , loves the youth but has never disciplined him . Mother and son appear together in the opening scene , and Peer is talking . He is ...
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