| 1799 - 396 pages
...me the text, my little girl ?" repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." This remark surprised the good man, and he exclaimed : " Could not get to read the Bible ! how was... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 598 pages
...Bala, a small town in Wales. He had not gone far when he met a little girl whom he knew. He aske J her if she could tell him the text from which he had...how was that ?" He soon learned the cause : there wag no copy of the word of God to which she could get access, either at her own home or among her friends... | |
| Children's literature - 1848 - 800 pages
...as she had been in the habit of doing to his questions, she hung down her head in silence, " Can you tell me the text, my little girl ?" said the minister....was that ?" He soon learned the cause ; there was not a copy of the word of God to which she could get access, either at her own home, or among her friends... | |
| 1845 - 952 pages
...through the streets of Bala, a small town in Wales. He had not gone far when he met a little girl whom he knew. He asked her if she could tell him the text...of God to which she could get access, either at her own home, or among her friends ; and she used to travel seven miles over the hills, every week, to... | |
| Robert Baird - Church history - 1851 - 430 pages
...me the text, my little girl ?" repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." This remark surprised the good man, and he exclaimed, " Could you not get to read the Bible ! how was... | |
| Robert Baird - Church history - 1851 - 444 pages
...me the text, my little girl 2" repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." This remark surprised the good man, and he exclaimed, " Could you not get to read the Bible ! how was... | |
| 1852 - 890 pages
...with still more earnestness. She looked confused, was silent, and then burst into tears, exclaiming, " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." Mr. Charles could not at first conceive her meaning, but soon found that she had no Bible at home ;... | |
| History, Modern - 1853 - 612 pages
...me the text, my little girl?" repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad, that...the Bible." " Could not get to read the Bible! how is that?" said Mr. C. The reason was soon ascertained ; there was no copy to which she could gain access,... | |
| L. N. R. - Bible - 1854 - 522 pages
...previous Sunday: she was silent, and the inquiry was repeated. At length she answered, " The weather has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." The reason of this was soon ascertained : there was no copy to which she could gain access, either... | |
| Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - 1854 - 522 pages
...previous Sunday: she was silent, and the inquiry was repeated. At length she answered, " The weather has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." The reason of this was soon ascertained : there was no copy to which she could gain access, cither... | |
| |