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... leaves from the rain and the air . But they have done it . And if we wished to make food for cattle and sheep , in what way should we set about it ? I am sure I cannot tell ; but the little grass plants knew what to do , and they made ...
... leaves from the rain and the air . But they have done it . And if we wished to make food for cattle and sheep , in what way should we set about it ? I am sure I cannot tell ; but the little grass plants knew what to do , and they made ...
Page 18
... leaves when the warm weather comes , and they shake off their withered leaves when the frost returns ; and they wave themselves backwards and forwards when the breeze blows ; and open their blossoms to the sun- shine , and shut them ...
... leaves when the warm weather comes , and they shake off their withered leaves when the frost returns ; and they wave themselves backwards and forwards when the breeze blows ; and open their blossoms to the sun- shine , and shut them ...
Page 20
... leaves , the budding and blooming of the flower , to the forming , and ripening , and scattering of the seeds . It will be a very little that I can find room for , out of all the wonders that are to be seen in every plant . For every ...
... leaves , the budding and blooming of the flower , to the forming , and ripening , and scattering of the seeds . It will be a very little that I can find room for , out of all the wonders that are to be seen in every plant . For every ...
Page 28
... leaf as the solemn clock strikes twelve . Good - bye bad self with 1851 ; welcome good self with 1852. Hark ! the bells are chiming ! have they no words for us ? Whittington came back when he fancied that the London bells bade him ...
... leaf as the solemn clock strikes twelve . Good - bye bad self with 1851 ; welcome good self with 1852. Hark ! the bells are chiming ! have they no words for us ? Whittington came back when he fancied that the London bells bade him ...
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... leaves on a stem which has pushed its way up into the air ! If we had never witnessed this , and some one spoke of it , as if it happened only in other countries in which he had travelled , how sur- prised we should be , and what ...
... leaves on a stem which has pushed its way up into the air ! If we had never witnessed this , and some one spoke of it , as if it happened only in other countries in which he had travelled , how sur- prised we should be , and what ...
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Popular passages
Page 36 - The rod and reproof give wisdom ; but a child left to himself, bringeth his mother to shame.
Page 340 - ALL things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The LORD GOD made them all.
Page 42 - And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Page 112 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me; for he was before me.
Page 41 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 225 - More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice of : in every path He treads down that which doth befriend him When sickness makes him pale and wan. O mighty love ! Man is one world, and hath Another to attend him.
Page 135 - The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed, To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.
Page 28 - JANUARY brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow ; February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again ; March brings breezes, loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil ; April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet ; May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams ; June brings tulips, lilies, roses — Fills the children's hands with posies ; Hot July brings...
Page 77 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 340 - The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, GOD made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate.