This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... to give up her treasured child--her only son; to lay his cherished body in the "cold, dark grave," keeping her eye firmly fixed by faith on the blessed hope of his joyful resurrection. Involuntarily, as she laid down the letter, she repeated to herself the verse: --" I am the true Vine, and my Father ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... to give up her treasured child--her only son; to lay his cherished body in the "cold, dark grave," keeping her eye firmly fixed by faith on the blessed hope of his joyful resurrection. Involuntarily, as she laid down the letter, she repeated to herself the verse: --" I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Husbandman. Every branch that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit He purqeth it that it may bring forth more fruit." CHAPTER IX. garluuss to f i$L' " When bitter thoughts of conscience born With sinners wake at morn; When from our restless couch we start, With fevered lips and withered heart; Where is the spell to charm those mists away, And make new morning in that darksome day?" Christian Teak. To return to Rhoda Jerrard. Since her last interview with Mrs. Dacres she had striven with all the energy of her strong will to surmount the difficulties of her position, to rouse herself from the spiritual torpor which had so long enthralled her, and to exercise a new influence on those around her. Scarcely had Mrs. Dacres left the house, when, hurrying to her own room, she locked herself in, and solemnly repeated the promise she had just made: " I will pray--I will read the Bible." Many bitter tears she shed as she thought of the wasted years of her existence--many resolutions she made to redeem the past, and from that day, that hour, to begin to lead a new life. Rhoda was sincere. Her grief was genuine, but " sorrow is not repentance, it is only the road that leads to it." " Repentance," ss.jrs a Christian writer, " is more than sorrow, it is the fruit of it." Unfortunately Rhoda was not repentant, she was only remorseful. She mourned her sins, but it was because they had brought her misery. She resolved to...
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