The shepherd of Salisbury plain and 'Tis all for the best [&c. 3 stories].

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Religious Tract Society, 1884 - 111 páginas
 

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Página 25 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Página 84 - Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Página 84 - For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Página 13 - I have led but a lonely life, and have often had but little to eat ; but my Bible has been meat, drink, 4* and company to me, as I may say ; and when want and trouble have come upon me, I don't know what I should have done indeed, sir, if I had not had the promises of this book for my stay and support.
Página 15 - Yet he does what he can, and more than many richer men do, and more than he can well afford. Besides that, his prayers and good advice we are always sure of, and we are truly thankful for that ; for a man must give, you know, sir, according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Página 10 - You think, then," said the gentleman, " that a laborious life is a happy one?" "I do, Sir, and more especially so, as it exposes a man to fewer sins. If King Saul had continued a poor laborious man to the end of his days, he might have lived happy and honest, and died a natural death in his bed at last, which you know, Sir, was more than he did.
Página 8 - Johnson, who was on a journey, and somewhat fearful from the appearance of the sky, that rain was at no great distance, accosted the shepherd with asking what sort of weather he thought it would be on the morrow. " It will be such weather as pleases me,

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