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As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keepsthem invery good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it [the church] besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it, he stands up, and looks about him; and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them.
If photography is allowed to stand in forart in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thankstothenatural support it will find inthestupidityof themultitude.It must return toits real task, which isto be the servant of the sciences and the arts, but the very humble servant, like printing and shorthand which have neither created nor supplanted literature.
Speak, L; for thy servant heareth.
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and myservant shall be healed.For Iama man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man,Go, and he goeth; and to another,Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed,Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
His lord said unto him,Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will maketheerulerover many things: enter thou intothejoy of thy lord.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being intheformof God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. See Bible (NewTestament) 115:27.
Aye,'tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater licensetothis formidable engine, inorder to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
The services of a menial servant, taking him as an example of unproductive labour,'generally perish in the very instant of their performance'and forthwith into this galley, along with the menial servant, goes the sovereign, accompanied by all the army, the navy, and the civil service, followed by churchmen, lawyers, buffoons and opera dancers. All theseand it is a hard sayingrender services which perish in the very instant of their performance. 368
A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.
A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as forThy laws Makes it and th'action fine.
And boys, be in nothing so moderate as in love of man, a clever servant, insufferable master.
It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant.
I take it for granted that every Christian that is in health is up early in the morning; for it is much more reasonable to suppose a person up early because he is a Christian than becausehe is a labourerora tradesmanora servant or has business that wants him.
May it please your Majesty, I have neither eye to see nor tonguetospeak inthisplace, but asthis Houseispleased to direct me, whose servant I am.
To devise is the work of the master, to execute the act of the servant.
You've reached the stage where you must decide whether you're going to be a good writer or a good public servant.You can't be both.
Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight.
Who owns history? The public servants who make it, or the people who hire them and to whom they are accountable?
Dear Madam,You are stark mad, and therefore the fitter for me to love; and that is the reason I think I can never leave to beYour humble servant.
If your honour disna ken when ye hae a gude servant, I ken when I hae a gude master, and the deil be in my feet gin I leave ye.
The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion against the existing law is the saddling of the righttoa child with the obligationto becometheservant of a man. 780
Here lies a civil servant. He was civil To everyone, and servant to the devil.
For I will consider my cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God dulyand daily serving him. For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
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