The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 226
thoughtful. Silently she satand listened when in the evening the pastor readthe Bible aloud. All the little ones were veryfond of her; but when they spoke of dress andsplendor and beauty she would shake her head. Next Sunday they all went to church, and shewas asked if she wished to go too; but she… … IT WAS THE OLD SOLDIER THE NIGHTINGALE. 191 here she sat with her hymn-book; and as she readit with a pious mind, the wind bore the notes ofthe organ over to her from the church; and shelifted up her face, wet with tears, d,nd said,— O Lord, help me ! Then the sun shone so brightly; and before…
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