The Religious Souvenir: A Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day PresentKey, Mielke and Biddle, 1835 - Gift books |
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Alfred amanuensis Aquarius arms beauty blessed bosom breast breath bright brow Calumet Capricornus cheerful child Christ Christian beneficence clouds comfort Constantine Danvers dark daugh daughter dear Mary death deep delight divine duty earth earthly eternal faith false friends Father fears feelings flowers gentle George glory Gospel grace hand happiness hear heart heaven Henry holy honour hope horse hour Indian infant Jesus labours light lips look Lord lustre Mamre Martha Mary mind minister morning mother never o'er passed peace PHILADELPHIA Poland poor prayer pure Radzivil religion rest rock Sabbath Saxon language scene seek seemed smile Sodom soon sorrow soul spirit Spring stream suffered sweet tears tempests tender thee thing thou thought tree trust Ulrica unto utter Vistula voice walk Warsaw words worldly friendship Year's Day young Zoar
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Page 81 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 86 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Page 86 - Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him ; yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.
Page 219 - Half the work is done!" he cried, jumping from the tumble-down sofa. "But the passport? There's where the shoe pinches," continued the engraver, remembering the second half of Natasha's commission. "The passport — yes — that's where the shoe pinches!" he muttered to himself in perplexity, resting his head on his hands and his elbows on his knees. Thinking over all kinds of possible and impossible plans, he suddenly remembered a fellow countryman of his, a shoemaker named Yuzitch, who had once...
Page 209 - Roaring and dashing with this awful sound, Here are ye mingled ; but the distant sources Whence ye have issued, where shall they be found ? Who may retrace the ways that ye have taken, Ye streams and drops? who separate you all, And find the many places...
Page 119 - I have so often prayed ; and now, glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost"; and with these words his spirit fled.
Page 93 - He makes proclamation to all the children of mortality, of all nations and all ages, that he himself is the resurrection and the life, and whosoever believeth in him shall never die.
Page 112 - But, great as is the influence of the maiden and wife, it seems to fade away when placed by that of the mother. It is the mother who is to make citizens for earth. It is the mother who is to make angels for heaven.
Page 26 - To u< li- like them away ; But lost in light more brilliant far, Than ever merged the morning star. Morn is the time to rise, The resurrection morn, Upspringing to the glorious skies On new-found pinions borne, To meet a Saviour's smile divine;-— Be such ecstatic rising mine 1 NIGHT.
Page 119 - Well ! thou hast said the truth, it is now done. Take up my head between your hands, and lift me, because it pleases me much to sit over against the place where I was wont to pray, and where now sitting, I may yet invoke my Father.