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... rich as age and elaborate carving can make it , from its pointed top to its substantial base . Regard the massy but- tresses , and that goodly tower where unnumbered niches are filled with the effigies of saints , mitred bishops ...
... rich as age and elaborate carving can make it , from its pointed top to its substantial base . Regard the massy but- tresses , and that goodly tower where unnumbered niches are filled with the effigies of saints , mitred bishops ...
Page 6
... rich in cobwebs and in carved work of the sculptor's chisel , looks a different place to what it did when its clustered pilasters and groined arches were lighted up with lamps hang- ing from the roof . There are no hooded friars THE ...
... rich in cobwebs and in carved work of the sculptor's chisel , looks a different place to what it did when its clustered pilasters and groined arches were lighted up with lamps hang- ing from the roof . There are no hooded friars THE ...
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... treasures abundantly ; but the word of God says , " Labour not to be rich ; cease from thine own wisdom . Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that NOTHING AND SOMETHING . 23 which is not ? for The Railroad Station 22206 Nothing and Something.
... treasures abundantly ; but the word of God says , " Labour not to be rich ; cease from thine own wisdom . Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that NOTHING AND SOMETHING . 23 which is not ? for The Railroad Station 22206 Nothing and Something.
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... rich had ground the faces of the poor ; miserable multitudes , unjustly accused , had stretched their fettered limbs in gloomy dungeons ; and countless throngs of oppressed fellow - men , with agonizing groans , had perished in slavery ...
... rich had ground the faces of the poor ; miserable multitudes , unjustly accused , had stretched their fettered limbs in gloomy dungeons ; and countless throngs of oppressed fellow - men , with agonizing groans , had perished in slavery ...
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... rich by their losses ; and I may add also , that by their falls they learn to stand on their feet the more steadily . An hour ago , I walked abroad with a youthful companion ; the sun had some time set , and the landscape , as the poet ...
... rich by their losses ; and I may add also , that by their falls they learn to stand on their feet the more steadily . An hour ago , I walked abroad with a youthful companion ; the sun had some time set , and the landscape , as the poet ...
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Page 273 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 165 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 117 - The LORD, ye know, is GOD indeed ; Without our aid He did us make : We are His flock, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us take.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 237 - ... looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 263 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 18 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Page 271 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 95 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.