The King's Messenger, Or, Lawrence Temple's Probation: A Story of Canadian Life

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W. Briggs, 1897 - 177 Seiten
 

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Seite 6 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Seite 58 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Seite 80 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Seite 7 - God will direct our thoughts and desires to the 'King in His beauty, and the land that is very far off.
Seite 162 - A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Seite 6 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Seite 40 - A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That un-to logik hadde longe y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and ther-to soberly.
Seite 157 - And he opened The bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke Of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason Of the smoke of the pit.
Seite 174 - FORTH in thy name, O Lord, I go, My daily labour to pursue ; Thee, only thee, resolved to know, In all I think, or speak, or do.

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