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The Dairyman’s Daughter (Legh Richmond)
$7.00One of the 19th century’s most well-read stories for girls. Over three (3) million copies sold before 1900. Read this once and you’ll wonder why you never heard this story before. Told by her pastor, Legh Richmond, it’s the story of young Elizabeth Wallbridge, who came to be known as “The Dairyman’s Daughter.”
A child of a poor dairy farmer in England, Richmond met Elizabeth in 1798 upon his arrival as the new minister on the Isle of Wight. He learned from her of a proud past in which she forsook all love of her family, but then of the sweet love of Christ which was formed in her and the shining testimony she became as a witness for Him with her holy life. Richmond regarded Elizabeth as “one of the best-versed persons in the Scriptures” whom he had ever met and considered meeting her one of the highest privileges of his life.
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First Impressions of God (or, Emily Tappan’s story)
$6.00“I don’t believe mother knows that there is a God,” said Emily Tappan as she ran in from the garden. “I’m sure she doesn’t know or she would have told us all about it. Well, I’ll just go and tell her.”
Blushing and almost breathless over the importance of her thought, she exclaimed, “Oh, Mother, there is a God. Mary Lewis told me so. And oh, he is so great! Greater than this house, greater than the tall trees, greater than everything, and I thought you would be glad to know it. I was so glad, and yet it made me afraid.”
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Behind Mr. Bunyan (Agnes Beaumont)
$6.00The story is told by Agnes herself, drawn from original sources, of her life as a twenty-year-old young woman who belonged to John Bunyan’s church. The rich spiritual value of Agnes’ story was recognized long ago and was often reprinted, and she tells her story humbly and winsomely. A remarkable testimony of faith under fire from one’s own family members, but overcoming suspicion and animosity with devoted love!
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Grace Raymond: The Evil and Cure of a Passionate Temper
$5.50The story of Grace Raymond, titled also The Evil and Cure of A Passionate Temper, is the touching story of a young girl who possessed a sharp temper and a tendency to be harsh. Grace comes to realize, after causing her sister injury, that allowing anger to rule in her heart was harming herself as well as others, and would only grow, leading to worse and worse outbursts of anger and animosity.
Through the influence of a kind teacher, Grace learns the way of salvation in Christ, and who can save her from her sin, so that she becomes an exemplary model of patience and longsuffering, to her family and all her friends.
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I Have a Soul
$6.00This book is a compilation of six short stories which will prove to be very informative reading for children. Each story will impress on a child’s mind that it is important to obey parents, strive to keep God’s commandments, and be ever mindful of their never-dying soul and everlasting eternity.
Read of the living faith of two men trapped at sea in a dense fog, the unpleasant results of a disobedient boy, the practical lessons to be learned from God’s creation, and the touching stories of young children prepared at an early age to meet death.
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Patty’s Curiosity, and other stories, including The Stranger at Home
$6.00Three stories from the 19th century are found in this volume.
First, in the story of Patty’s Curiosity, a little girl must learn that her disobedience and idle curiosity (being “nosy”) is causing more trouble than she ever knew.
In the 2nd story, Wants and Wishes, Charles discovers how selfish he is, through a new friendship with a blind boy.
The 3rd story is the marvelous The Stranger at Home. Elvira is a little girl who truly dislikes being told what to do or to listen to instructions. Her parents find the most unique and effective way to show Elvira that she may want to change this habit quickly!
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The Young Cottager: Little Jane of Brading (Legh Richmond)
$6.00Legh Richmond’s The Young Cottager, first written in the mid-1800s, is the touching and true story of young Jane of Brading, a young lady and a member of the church he served. Jane’s strength of faith even during poor health and multiplied sufferings captured her pastor’s notice, as a marvelous and striking example. Jane, also the first convert of his ministry there, is the subject of this beautifully told story, with illustrations from nature filling the pages as well.
After that first story, this volume also includes four other short stories, each about the faith of individuals living in very different times than ours:
* Fanny Graham
* Little Ruth
* An abridged version of the well-known story of Mary Jones and her Bible
* The short story What Must I Do?Each is a story of believers living with praise to God in their hearts when they could have complained of their difficult circumstances.
