The Friendly Visitor, Volume 22William Carus Wilson 1840 |
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... thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent , and hast revealed them unto babes . " ( Matt . xi . 25. ) God has made his truth so plain , that he that runs may read it . True it is that if you cannot read , there is a great ...
... thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent , and hast revealed them unto babes . " ( Matt . xi . 25. ) God has made his truth so plain , that he that runs may read it . True it is that if you cannot read , there is a great ...
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... Thou , O Christ , art all I want ; " And above all , " Plenteous grace with thee is found . " Then as sufferings abound , consolations abound . Ex- perience of the Lord's faithfulness alone is worth buying at any price . But mark ...
... Thou , O Christ , art all I want ; " And above all , " Plenteous grace with thee is found . " Then as sufferings abound , consolations abound . Ex- perience of the Lord's faithfulness alone is worth buying at any price . But mark ...
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... thou art staying ! Hell and Satan are behind thee- Death is hastening on to bind thee . Onward , haste thee , on thy way- Hell will seize on all who stay . Upward ! why to earth this cleaving ? Think what treasure thou art leaving ...
... thou art staying ! Hell and Satan are behind thee- Death is hastening on to bind thee . Onward , haste thee , on thy way- Hell will seize on all who stay . Upward ! why to earth this cleaving ? Think what treasure thou art leaving ...
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... thou , What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this . " ECCL . vii . 10 . From this passage I would infer— 1. That the complaint of hard times is not peculiar to this ...
... thou , What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this . " ECCL . vii . 10 . From this passage I would infer— 1. That the complaint of hard times is not peculiar to this ...
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... THOU IN GOD ! He knows thy secret grief , Discerns thy motives , and will bring relief ! The glorious promise which his covenant gives , True , like himself , for thee forever lives ! THY MAKER IS THY PORTION ! and his care Shall teach ...
... THOU IN GOD ! He knows thy secret grief , Discerns thy motives , and will bring relief ! The glorious promise which his covenant gives , True , like himself , for thee forever lives ! THY MAKER IS THY PORTION ! and his care Shall teach ...
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Page 127 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 165 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 92 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 79 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 179 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 125 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us, 1 John iii.
Page 199 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 7 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 100 - The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: 9. But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Page 120 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.