The Commandment with PromiseGeneral Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, Depository, Press Building, no. 46 Lumber Street, in rear of Trinity Church, Printed at the Protestant Episcopal Press, no. 46 Lumber Street, 1830 - Christian ethics - 252 pages |
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I took a chair near the window , and drawing a little table before me on which to rest my book , endeavored to abstract my mind from their conversation . They passed rapidly from one subject to another , each contributing their share by ...
I took a chair near the window , and drawing a little table before me on which to rest my book , endeavored to abstract my mind from their conversation . They passed rapidly from one subject to another , each contributing their share by ...
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See , here it is , tied with a piece of blue ribbon ; and I love it so , I always wear it within my frock upon my heart ; saying which , she took it from her bosom , opened it with care , displayed it a moment , kissed it , and then ...
See , here it is , tied with a piece of blue ribbon ; and I love it so , I always wear it within my frock upon my heart ; saying which , she took it from her bosom , opened it with care , displayed it a moment , kissed it , and then ...
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Being agreed , we were all together in the garden at once , and drawing most at that time to the company of the young people , I took one in each arm , and endeavored to communicate a little cheerfulness to them , by setting off down ...
Being agreed , we were all together in the garden at once , and drawing most at that time to the company of the young people , I took one in each arm , and endeavored to communicate a little cheerfulness to them , by setting off down ...
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admiration , I took an advantage from it , saying , Observe it well , Isabella ; how it twines about the branch that supports it . I do , I always admire the woodbine . What is it like ? Ah ! it is like me and my papa ; dropping her ...
admiration , I took an advantage from it , saying , Observe it well , Isabella ; how it twines about the branch that supports it . I do , I always admire the woodbine . What is it like ? Ah ! it is like me and my papa ; dropping her ...
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As I found by the hold which Isabella and Mary again involuntarily took of my arm , that I had gained some little interest in their feelings , I drew them on a little further , continuing the strain of conversation on the right ...
As I found by the hold which Isabella and Mary again involuntarily took of my arm , that I had gained some little interest in their feelings , I drew them on a little further , continuing the strain of conversation on the right ...
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Page 196 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 89 - But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free.
Page 194 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Page 149 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Page 143 - For He •established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children : that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of •God, but keep His commandments...
Page 88 - For God commanded, saying; Honour thy father and mother; and; He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Page 159 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Page 288 - O Thou, by whom we come to God ! The Life, the Truth, the Way; The path of prayer Thyself hast trod : Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 242 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 160 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Commandment with Promise |
| Author | Eliza Cheap |
| Publisher | General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, Depository, Press Building, no. 46 Lumber Street, in rear of Trinity Church, Printed at the Protestant Episcopal Press, no. 46 Lumber Street, 1830 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 252 pages |
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