The island home; or, Supposed autobiography of sir William Harewood, by S.P.M., ed. by Liolett1853 |
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Page 34 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 23 - ... hand, by bridges and ferries, keeping up still their intimate connection with the town on the Peninsula, Of the former there are six, of great length but no beauty ; the material of their structure is wood. Canal bridge, leading to East Cambridge, is the largest ; measuring nearly a thousand yards. In the old parts of the town the streets are narrow and inconvenient ; in the new they are wide and regular, with massive and comfortable dwellings, built chiefly of a bright red brick, with doors...
Page 83 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 29 - The path of the just is as the shining light, which shiueth more and more unto the perfect day.
Page 34 - Saul made furiously for Damascus, but the Lord Almighty " knew his abode, and his going out and coming in, and his rage against Him ;" and " because his rage against Him, and his tumult came up before Him," therefore as in Sennacherib's case, though in a far different way, He " put His hook in his nose, and His bridle in his lips, and turned him back by the way by which he came...
Page 35 - Exercise yourselves unto godliness : for bodily exercise profiteth little ; but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and that which is to come.
Page 127 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among them which are sanctified.
Page 123 - Jesus prayed for his murderers — " Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Page 65 - ... sober Cathcart thought that his heart was throwing its shifting network of hope and fear along the ground before him. How strangely his voice sounded to him, as, at length, all his emotions could only say, " Rachel, — how did you like the sermon ? " Quietly she answered, — " I liked the text." " ' A new commandment I write unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 141 - ... that the Most High ruleth among the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever He will.