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Poverty - by James Platt

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Chapter 8 - And it was Winter

124 / 125 - But there is one saying of the Lord Jesus Christ's, just like the woman in the canoe, who was being swiftly swept to oblivion

126 / 127 - We should all strive to imitate the noble, wise, and good; but above all, in our humble way, imitate God.

128 / 129 - A poor orphan boy, went to market daily to buy violets for button-holes, to sell to gentlemen going to their city offices, earned just enough to keep him from being a burden to his aged guardian grandmother.

130 / 131 - A sailor's wife and children would naturally look at the lifeboat with different feelings from a landsman. I was born on the sea, and remember how on stormy nights were heard, tales of perils in the deep.

132 / 133 - The soldier, accused the old man of taking the purse. He protested his innocence, but the soldier did not believe him, and drew his sword and killed him on the spot.

134 / 135 - That night was the St. Bartholomew Massacre. That soldier went to the English girl's house and saved her, even though she had only given him a cup of water

136 / 137 - With the blessing of God, the money paid to support the native teachers came back with interest.

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