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Page 128 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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Page 190 - He giveth His beloved, sleep. 'Sleep soft, beloved!' we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eye-lids creep. But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber when He giveth His beloved, sleep.
Page 234 - THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children, They were no longer there.
Page 66 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes, became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich...
Page 78 - E'en so, in silence, likest Thee, Steals on soft-handed Charity, Tempering her gifts, that seem so free, By time and place, Till not a woe the bleak world see, But finds her grace...
Page 12 - Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will: It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?
Page 96 - In His own time : but yet awhile Our bark at sea must ride ; Cast after cast, by force or guile All waters must be tried...
Page 253 - Castle Cornet ; or, The Island's Troubles in the Troublous Times. A Story of the Channel Islands. By LOUISA HAWTREY. With four illustrations on toned paper. Crown 8vo, cloth boards ao Dble. Pot, i6mo. Charlie Tyrrell, and other Tales illustrative of the Lord's Prayer. By CE BOWEN, Author of "New Stories on Old Subjects.