Cabin conversations and castle scenes, by the author of 'Early recollections'.

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Page 21 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 104 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 104 - Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay, And smile at thee — but thou art not of those That wait the ripen'd bloom to seize their prey.
Page 22 - See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Page 35 - The people of the most distant villages have heard, at least, that there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved, but the name of Jesus.
Page 17 - God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ; by whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world.
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