Wayside wisdom for wayfarers; or, Voices from silent teachers. By the ed. of 'Hymns for the household of faith' (J.W.).mrs J Williamson 1873 |
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... hour , Go , little book , -content if thine the power . " JESSE . " " As the Great Teacher was constantly drawing forth lessons of wisdom from the natural objects which sur- rounded Him , —the wayside tree , the fountain at which He ...
... hour , Go , little book , -content if thine the power . " JESSE . " " As the Great Teacher was constantly drawing forth lessons of wisdom from the natural objects which sur- rounded Him , —the wayside tree , the fountain at which He ...
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... hour , Go , little book , -content if thine the power . " JESSE . " " As the Great Teacher was constantly drawing forth lessons of wisdom from the natural objects which sur- rounded Him , the wayside tree , the fountain at which He ...
... hour , Go , little book , -content if thine the power . " JESSE . " " As the Great Teacher was constantly drawing forth lessons of wisdom from the natural objects which sur- rounded Him , the wayside tree , the fountain at which He ...
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... Hour - glass Field Flowers On a Ruin The Lost Day . " How Old art Thou ? " Hope Ever ! Hope and Memory · King . 169 • . 170 . 171 Montgomery · R. Hey 172 . 173 L. H. Sigourney 175 177 . 178 • J. S. Howson . 178 " It remaineth " Hope ...
... Hour - glass Field Flowers On a Ruin The Lost Day . " How Old art Thou ? " Hope Ever ! Hope and Memory · King . 169 • . 170 . 171 Montgomery · R. Hey 172 . 173 L. H. Sigourney 175 177 . 178 • J. S. Howson . 178 " It remaineth " Hope ...
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... Our Master and our God . " And since that hour , this wondrous world Is but the outer shell Which wraps a world more wondrous still , Wherein His chosen dwell . " And He who framed that inner world With His 22 The Book of Nature .
... Our Master and our God . " And since that hour , this wondrous world Is but the outer shell Which wraps a world more wondrous still , Wherein His chosen dwell . " And He who framed that inner world With His 22 The Book of Nature .
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... Hours of deep and holy calm , Earnests of eternal rest ; But the bliss was here unknown , Which shall there be all my own . Jesus reigns , the Life , the Sun , Of that wondrous world above ; All the clouds and storms are gone , All is ...
... Hours of deep and holy calm , Earnests of eternal rest ; But the bliss was here unknown , Which shall there be all my own . Jesus reigns , the Life , the Sun , Of that wondrous world above ; All the clouds and storms are gone , All is ...
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Popular passages
Page 125 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 89 - The bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest In lark and nightingale we see What honour hath humility. " When Mary chose the better part, She meekly sat at Jesus' feet ; And Lydia's gently-opened heart Was made for God's own temple meet.
Page 114 - Some murmur, when their sky is clear And wholly bright to view, If one small speck of dark appear In their great heaven of blue. And some with thankful love are filled, If but one streak of light, One ray of God's good mercy gild The darkness of their night.
Page 7 - THERE is a Book, who runs may read, Which heavenly Truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that Book, to show How God Himself is found.
Page 227 - I dare not choose my lot ; I would not, if I might ; Choose Thou for me, my God ; So shall I walk aright.
Page 21 - All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told.
Page 227 - THY way, not mine, O Lord, However dark it be ! Lead me by Thine own hand, Choose out the path for me. Smooth let it be, or rough, It will be still the best ; Winding or straight, it leads Right onward to Thy rest.
Page 94 - ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ! Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ! Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Page 223 - his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Page 20 - No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear ; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.