Lucy Seymour; Or, It is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive. [A Tale.]

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W.P. Kennedy, St Andrew Street. Glasgow: D. Bryce. London: Hamilton, Adams & Company, and Darton & Clark. Dublin: W. Curry Jun. & Company, 1847 - 200 páginas
 

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Página 170 - And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Página 71 - For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what than! have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again...
Página 71 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Página 70 - Give to every man that asketh of thee ; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Página 48 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Página 31 - The tear, down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Página 178 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Página 9 - ... from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart. 3 When, free from envy, scorn and pride, Our wishes all above, Each can his brother's failings hide, And show a brother's love ! 4...
Página 8 - Love. 1 HOW sweet, how heavenly, is the sight, When those that love the Lord In one another's peace delight, And thus fulfil his word ! — 2 When each can feel his brother's sigh, And with him bear a part ; When sorrow flows from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart ! — 3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride, Our wishes all above, Each can his brother's failings hide, And show a brother's love...
Página 107 - Gospel, breathed in living faces, preached by a thousand unconscious acts of love and good will, which, like the cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple, shall never lose their reward. " Father, what if thee should get found out again ? " said Simeon second, as he buttered his cake. "I should pay my fine,

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