My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... believe I would have ventured to have taken one cherry , if circumstances had been different . On the following Sabbath afternoon a neighbor woman and two daughters called at our home . The two women were busy talking , and we , as all ...
... believe I would have ventured to have taken one cherry , if circumstances had been different . On the following Sabbath afternoon a neighbor woman and two daughters called at our home . The two women were busy talking , and we , as all ...
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... believe you , you got something to eat somewhere , and I'll find out where , then I'll make you wish you had told me the truth " . I ate what she told me to eat , and as much . It was more than my stomach could digest , being so overly ...
... believe you , you got something to eat somewhere , and I'll find out where , then I'll make you wish you had told me the truth " . I ate what she told me to eat , and as much . It was more than my stomach could digest , being so overly ...
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... believe that there is nothing more painful to a child than to be wrongfully accused or blamed . It is as though you drove a nail into a board and then pulled out the nail— but the hole is still there . However , good came to me from ...
... believe that there is nothing more painful to a child than to be wrongfully accused or blamed . It is as though you drove a nail into a board and then pulled out the nail— but the hole is still there . However , good came to me from ...
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... believe he sensed danger in the Mill Strait . He refused to go until I urged him in with a switch . This is one time that I should have been punished but was not , for the very last word from both Mr. and Mrs. Hill was , " Don't you go ...
... believe he sensed danger in the Mill Strait . He refused to go until I urged him in with a switch . This is one time that I should have been punished but was not , for the very last word from both Mr. and Mrs. Hill was , " Don't you go ...
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... believe it . You say that to cover up her impudence . " Mrs. Lemly quickly replied , " I'm saying it because it is true . I said to Ellen , let's surprise her , but really I'm the one who is surprised . I thought that I was being kind ...
... believe it . You say that to cover up her impudence . " Mrs. Lemly quickly replied , " I'm saying it because it is true . I said to Ellen , let's surprise her , but really I'm the one who is surprised . I thought that I was being kind ...
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Page 67 - There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by ; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by...
Page 5 - Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.
Page 30 - No. 93. /"\H, how sweet when we mingle with kindred spirits here, ^-' And tell of Jesus and His love ! When by faith we can see Him, and feel His presence near, And lift our longing souls above. We shall meet on the banks of the river ; happy, happy there for evermore. We shall dwell with the angels, and join with choral song, our loved ones, loved ones gone before.
Page 74 - Eureka! this the purpose I pursue ; For, behold, a god hath called me, and his service I shall do! " Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou wert destined for the same; Sloth is sin, and toil is worship, and the soul demands an aim : Who neglects the ordination, he shall not escape the blame.
Page 53 - I thanked her and wanted to know if there was something that I could do for her, but she answered, "Never mind, child, you do well to do the things you are compelled to do.
Page 41 - Hill, but he heard me crying and came to me and asked me what the matter was. I told him. He said, "Never mind, daughter, I'll tell Mother to go look herself. She'll see no little potatoes.