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... turn their back upon the places of their daily excitements . And it is pleasant to find that God's Holy Book does not fail to have its word of frank recognition of this great necessity . Our Saviour , you see , frankly recognised it ...
... turn their back upon the places of their daily excitements . And it is pleasant to find that God's Holy Book does not fail to have its word of frank recognition of this great necessity . Our Saviour , you see , frankly recognised it ...
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... turn to praise and prayer . It is then we see God's hand in nature's beauty ; it is then that among green leaves and fragrant flowers , under the sunshiny sky , we look round and say , " Thou hast made summer . " You cannot worship ...
... turn to praise and prayer . It is then we see God's hand in nature's beauty ; it is then that among green leaves and fragrant flowers , under the sunshiny sky , we look round and say , " Thou hast made summer . " You cannot worship ...
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... turn over certain of the controversial treatises of Milton , and to think that this foul - mouthed , uncandid , mali- cious slanderer was the half - inspired immortal that wrote Paradise Lost . From that awful spot and wrinkle the ...
... turn over certain of the controversial treatises of Milton , and to think that this foul - mouthed , uncandid , mali- cious slanderer was the half - inspired immortal that wrote Paradise Lost . From that awful spot and wrinkle the ...
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... turn ; more and more trusted and leant on year after year : is that little for mortal man or woman to have been ? We will not forget the honour God's Word has done to just such an unobtrusive but useful life . Men who were great in ...
... turn ; more and more trusted and leant on year after year : is that little for mortal man or woman to have been ? We will not forget the honour God's Word has done to just such an unobtrusive but useful life . Men who were great in ...
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... turn the tide of battle , to bring back the ark that has been taken , to change a defeat into a triumph . But it is not in the last exhaustion of ebbing life that such a thing can be . And like enough , in her most healthful days , not ...
... turn the tide of battle , to bring back the ark that has been taken , to change a defeat into a triumph . But it is not in the last exhaustion of ebbing life that such a thing can be . And like enough , in her most healthful days , not ...
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