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From this it is plainly gathered that no work can be acceptable to God, unless he which worketh it was first accepted by Him: and again, that no work is disallowed of Him unless the author thereof be disallowed before.
Still, the attempt must be made, and that instantly. Every second lessened the hope of its success with every pulse-beat he felt the awful, reeling numbness increase. How much longer he could retain his consciousness he could not tell. He saw plainly that Eleanor was losing hers.
The beaver was anxious to reach a spot in the aspen grove where we could hear the other beavers at work. "To reach the grove, he had to come up out of the stream and cross some land to the other pond. Just as he climbed up from the water, he sniffed danger. He was directly opposite us and we could see everything very plainly.
And this they of the independent judgment plainly confess in these words: Though the office of a pastor in general be immediately from Christ, and the authority from him also, yet the application of this office, and of this authority to this elect person, is by the church; and therefore the church hath sufficient and just warrant, as to elect and call a presbyter unto an office, so to ordain him to it by imposition of hands.
Insensibly his tone had hardened, and Toni hurried on. "Well, as she was talking to me, Lady Martin came up and tried to draw her away, but she wouldn't go. So Lady Martin got vexed, I suppose, and she bent down and whispered something to her something about Eva, because I heard the words 'necklace' and 'prison' quite plainly, and Eva heard it too and turned crimson." "And then?"
He had not believed that a human home could be so dismal, and he could not understand how haircloth furniture and dimness could make it so. His father's house was certainly not very large; and it was scantily and plainly furnished, but no Arabian palace had ever seemed so splendid to his imagination as that home was dear to his heart. No, it isn't the furniture nor the smell, thought he.
"One would think," observed Kenneth, "that a poor, demented girl, wandering about the country, would be noticed by scores of people. Did she take any clothing with her?" "Only the dress she had on, sir, and not even a hat or a shawl." "What was her dress like?" asked Beth, quickly. "It was a light grey in color, and plainly made.
Perhaps you've read the story, ma'am," he suggested. His visitor laughed. "I have read it," she said. Then she added, plainly more to herself than to him: "But even forty is far too much, of course." Jed was surprised and a little hurt. "Yes er yes, ma'am," he faltered. "Well, I I was kind of 'fraid 'twas, but Colonel Davidson seemed to think 'twas about fair, so " "Oh, you misunderstand me.
"You make a very charming boy," he said lightly, with a faint smile, "but it was not a boy that I saw in Biskra. You understand?" Beyond the curtains she stood a moment, shaking all over, her face hidden in her hands, able to relax a little the hold she was keeping on herself. Yes! She understood, plainly enough. The understanding had already been forced upon her.
"I plainly see that the objects of writing the Life were two-fold. First to prove Sir Richard a Roman Catholic, and thus fit him to be buried with her, and secondly to whitewash his escapades and insubordination.
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