The Child's companion1868 |
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Page 38 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 258 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 124 - Ah! well do I remember those Whose names these records bear. Who round the hearthstone used to close After the evening prayer. And speak of what these pages said. In tones my heart would thrill! Though they are with the silent dead. Here are they living still i My father read this holy book To brothers, sisters, dear; How calm was my poor mother's look.
Page 295 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Page 124 - I've tried ; When all were false, I found thee true, My counsellor and guide. The mines of earth no treasures give That could this volume buy ; In teaching me the way to live It taught me how to die ! GEORGE P.
Page 205 - My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Page 135 - The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale : And arching proud his neck , with oary feet Bears forward fierce , and guards his osier-isle , Protective of his young.
Page 276 - Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing, thou shall heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 356 - THE clock is on the stroke of six, The father's work is done ; Sweep up the hearth and mend the fire, And put the kettle on.
Page 280 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, Nor the fierce lion passed by it.