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... weary , and fevered , and nervously over - wrought . And the first words He is recorded to have said to them were kind words , wise words , sympathetic words . He saw they needed rest after toil , and quiet after excitement . He knew ...
... weary , and fevered , and nervously over - wrought . And the first words He is recorded to have said to them were kind words , wise words , sympathetic words . He saw they needed rest after toil , and quiet after excitement . He knew ...
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Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd. : refreshment into weary eyes and aching brain . They must get quite away from the work they had been . doing They must have a total change , if but for a little , in their mode of life . The labourer had ...
Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd. : refreshment into weary eyes and aching brain . They must get quite away from the work they had been . doing They must have a total change , if but for a little , in their mode of life . The labourer had ...
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... weary of the sombre green and purple heather ? How shall a man spend September at St Andrews ; and not go away weary of the wide sands and the green Links and the broad Bay ? All guidance of the soul is difficult . And the soul is never ...
... weary of the sombre green and purple heather ? How shall a man spend September at St Andrews ; and not go away weary of the wide sands and the green Links and the broad Bay ? All guidance of the soul is difficult . And the soul is never ...
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... weary mortal , entering on his resting- time , provide some occupation for it . Travel , speci- ally if in strange countries , provides its own occupa- tion but if you are to go apart to a quiet spot , and rest like the Apostles , see ...
... weary mortal , entering on his resting- time , provide some occupation for it . Travel , speci- ally if in strange countries , provides its own occupa- tion but if you are to go apart to a quiet spot , and rest like the Apostles , see ...
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... weary . " How beautiful those gracious showers , that refresh drooping crops , dusty hedges , parched - up grass , making all nature green and fragrant and hope- ful ! And all due to the great , bountiful sea ; under Him from whom is ...
... weary . " How beautiful those gracious showers , that refresh drooping crops , dusty hedges , parched - up grass , making all nature green and fragrant and hope- ful ! And all due to the great , bountiful sea ; under Him from whom is ...
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