Readings in prose and verse: or, No.iv of a new series of school-books |
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... Prayer . Di - rect ' , to teach ; to Re - deem ' , to buy back , mark out . to ransom . Sup - port ' , a keeping up ; | Ut ... pray to God in the morning when we rise , and at night before we turn sleepy and go to bed . In the morning we ...
... Prayer . Di - rect ' , to teach ; to Re - deem ' , to buy back , mark out . to ransom . Sup - port ' , a keeping up ; | Ut ... pray to God in the morning when we rise , and at night before we turn sleepy and go to bed . In the morning we ...
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... pray , study always to have your heart going along with the words that you utter ; for without the heart your words are vain and useless . It is also proper that you pray not only for yourselves , but also for others . You should pray ...
... pray , study always to have your heart going along with the words that you utter ; for without the heart your words are vain and useless . It is also proper that you pray not only for yourselves , but also for others . You should pray ...
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... pray you , the dream which I have dreamed ; for be- hold we were binding sheaves in the field , and lo , my sheaf arose , and also stood upright ; and behold your sheaves stood round about , and made obeisance to my sheaf . And his ...
... pray you , the dream which I have dreamed ; for be- hold we were binding sheaves in the field , and lo , my sheaf arose , and also stood upright ; and behold your sheaves stood round about , and made obeisance to my sheaf . And his ...
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... pray you ; and they told their dreams to Joseph . To the chief butler Joseph said , In three days Pharaoh will restore thee to thy office ; and to the chief baker he said , Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head , and shall ...
... pray you ; and they told their dreams to Joseph . To the chief butler Joseph said , In three days Pharaoh will restore thee to thy office ; and to the chief baker he said , Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head , and shall ...
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... pray thee , let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord , and let the lad go up with his brethren . For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father , saying , If I bring him not unto thee , then I shall bear ...
... pray thee , let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord , and let the lad go up with his brethren . For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father , saying , If I bring him not unto thee , then I shall bear ...
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Popular passages
Page 62 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 65 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Page 65 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : and Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 63 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Page 120 - OFT I had heard of Lucy Gray : And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green ; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen. " To-night will be a stormy night — You to the town must go ; And take a lantern, child, to light Your mother through the snow.
Page 130 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...
Page 22 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 131 - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 131 - God, the life and light •*• Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, — Those hues, that mark the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.
Page 68 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.