The young cottager1866 |
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Page 12 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 24 - God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise...
Page 6 - Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Page 30 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 60 - No, sister is not cold, my child ; For God, who saw her die As he looked down from heaven and smiled, Called her above the sky. "And then her spirit quickly fled To God, by whom 'twas given ; Her body in the ground is dead, But sister lives in heaven.
Page 27 - Did you ever consider what it is to be a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven?
Page 12 - It must be so — our father Adam's fall And disobedience, brought this lot on all. All die in him — but hopeless should we be, Blest Revelation, were it not for thee. Hail, glorious Gospel ! heavenly light, whereby We live with comfort, and with comfort die ; And view beyond this gloomy scene, the tomb, A life of endless happiness to come.
Page 57 - All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass; the grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever...
Page 26 - There is an hour when I must die, nor do I know how soon 'twill come ; A thousand children young as I are called by death to hear their doom. 5 Let me improve the hours I have, before the day of grace is fled ; There's no repentance in the grave, nor pardon offered to the dead.
Page 51 - The world and its cares, the flesh and its sins, have returned with new temptations, and the eloquence of iniquity has prevailed over the voice of truth. " The dog has returned to his vomit, and the sow to her wallowing in the mire.