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... hour glass in one hand , and a scythe in the other ; these are to remind us that our time is constantly passing away , that our lives are very short , and that all our earthly comforts must soon be cut down and destroyed . A Time is ...
... hour glass in one hand , and a scythe in the other ; these are to remind us that our time is constantly passing away , that our lives are very short , and that all our earthly comforts must soon be cut down and destroyed . A Time is ...
Page 5
... hour , when he takes away the first ; and keeps the third hour entirely in his own hands , as if it were a treasure too precious to be trusted to our care . We are left in an abso- lute uncertainty , whether he will trust us with the third ...
... hour , when he takes away the first ; and keeps the third hour entirely in his own hands , as if it were a treasure too precious to be trusted to our care . We are left in an abso- lute uncertainty , whether he will trust us with the third ...
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... hour , and of the account which you must give to the great teacher and master of assemblies , of the manner in which your time has been spent . Bad children are generally great wasters of time . How of- ten do they hear the voice of the ...
... hour , and of the account which you must give to the great teacher and master of assemblies , of the manner in which your time has been spent . Bad children are generally great wasters of time . How of- ten do they hear the voice of the ...
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... hours - every hour of so many minutes - and every minute of so many seconds . 33 Come , my dear children , let us count our days . When you begin to cypher , you learn to enumerate ; I suppose you can say your Numeration Table ...
... hours - every hour of so many minutes - and every minute of so many seconds . 33 Come , my dear children , let us count our days . When you begin to cypher , you learn to enumerate ; I suppose you can say your Numeration Table ...
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... hours for sleep ; four hours for play ; two hours for taking your food and other necessary purposes . There then remains ten hours for school . How much of these ten school hours also do you trifle away ! Keep in mind that God knows ...
... hours for sleep ; four hours for play ; two hours for taking your food and other necessary purposes . There then remains ten hours for school . How much of these ten school hours also do you trifle away ! Keep in mind that God knows ...
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