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"Thy mother, my boy, must miss thee sadly. How bore she the pain of separation?" "Religion came to her aid, and does still. I can fancy her each morning as she kneels before the altar of St. Wilfred, and wearies heaven with prayer for her absent lord and her boy, and perhaps those prayers sent thee to my deliverance this night." "Thrice blessed they who have so pious a mother. The Priory of St.
But it is not meet nay, it is not wise to utter threats to one who wears a crown." Sarah made no reply. She was no longer afraid. She knew that her prayers, and those of Abraham, had been answered, and that no harm would befall her. Pharaoh mistook her silence and advanced toward her. As he did so, however, he felt a tremendous blow on the head. He was stunned for a moment.
His answer, when it came, was low and full of feeling: "I have concentrated my desires in praying for the coming of such a teacher as might get hold of them; and I begin to think that I have an answer to my prayers." But she was absolutely proof against compliments. She wasted not a moment's thought on that, but said: "Mr. Ried, who are they?
Shorn indeed! and to the quick, said I: and wast thou in my own land, where I have a cottage, I would take thee to it, and shelter thee: thou shouldst eat of my own bread and drink of my own cup; I would be kind to thy Sylvio; in all thy weaknesses and wanderings I would seek after thee and bring thee back; when the sun went down I would say my prayers: and when I had done thou shouldst play thy evening song upon thy pipe, nor would the incense of my sacrifice be worse accepted for entering heaven along with that of a broken heart!
Of the nine hundred convicts in the penitentiary not one of their mothers ever forgot or deserted them. A mother's prayers always follow her prodigal children.
Maria stayed for a few moments looking at the work of the men and the progress they had made, each day more evident, then hied her back to the house swinging the empty bucket, happy to feel herself alive and well under the bright sun, dreaming of all the joys that were to be hers, nor could be long delayed if only she were earnest and patient enough in her prayers.
The fact was, the cobbler was asking for strength and self-control. "Where's Jinnie?" demanded Maudlin again. "She ain't here," said Lafe, "an' I want you to get out before she comes." He said this more gently, because his muttered prayers had somewhat assuaged his rage. Just then a motor car dashed into the little lane at the side of the house, and Maudlin knew that Morse had arrived.
In her youth her father had kept her very strictly, but still he had allowed her to go through the streets of the town with her young companions, wreathed with flowers, and all dressed in their best, in the procession of maidens at the feast of Venus of Arelas, to whom all the women of her native town were wont to turn with prayers and sacrifices when their hearts were touched by love.
So I flung my psaltery on the bed, but for myself made a layer of straw at the door, so as none could open on me unawares. And I laid my sword ready to my hand. And said my prayers for thee and me, and turned to sleep. "Below they drank and made merry. And hearing this gave me confidence. Said I, 'Out of sight, out of mind.
I have no patience with your religion none." "You are most unkind, and I won't tell you any more," replied Pensée, who looked, however, not ungrateful for Sara's view of the situation. "Let me tell you something about me," said her friend fiercely. "I never say my prayers, because I cannot say them, but I love somebody, too. Whenever I hear his name I could faint.
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