A Manual of Prayer: Designed to Assist Christians in Learning the Subjects and Modes of DevotionPerkins and Purves, 1838 - 306 pages |
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... eye , or fragrance to the smell , or sweetness to the taste , or friendship to the heart . Make thy love my continual feast . May I commit all my wants and trials to thee ; may I be encouraged in the midst of danger and distress ; be ...
... eye , or fragrance to the smell , or sweetness to the taste , or friendship to the heart . Make thy love my continual feast . May I commit all my wants and trials to thee ; may I be encouraged in the midst of danger and distress ; be ...
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... eyes are never dim with tears , nor their minds clouded by igno- rance ; where their affections are never wounded by grief , nor their hopes broken by disappointment , nor their hearts stained with guilt . And there they do thy holy ...
... eyes are never dim with tears , nor their minds clouded by igno- rance ; where their affections are never wounded by grief , nor their hopes broken by disappointment , nor their hearts stained with guilt . And there they do thy holy ...
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... eyes of a gainsaying world , by an unholy walk and conversation . And show me that if any man draw back , thy soul has no pleasure in him . Grant , merciful Father , that when my feet fall into snares , and slide in the way of evil ...
... eyes of a gainsaying world , by an unholy walk and conversation . And show me that if any man draw back , thy soul has no pleasure in him . Grant , merciful Father , that when my feet fall into snares , and slide in the way of evil ...
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... eyes to the blind , feet to the lame , health to the sick , strength to the feeble , help to the needy , and com- fört to the mourner . But above all , may my desires and zeal go forth for the spiritual wants of mankind . Let not ...
... eyes to the blind , feet to the lame , health to the sick , strength to the feeble , help to the needy , and com- fört to the mourner . But above all , may my desires and zeal go forth for the spiritual wants of mankind . Let not ...
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... eye of wisdom to discern , and a heart of love to do , all the requirements of thy blessed will . And if it be thy pleasure to prolong my years , may I look back on them as spent in thy service , and say , " For me to live is Christ ...
... eye of wisdom to discern , and a heart of love to do , all the requirements of thy blessed will . And if it be thy pleasure to prolong my years , may I look back on them as spent in thy service , and say , " For me to live is Christ ...
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Page 130 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 42 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 275 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 46 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 153 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh ; for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 249 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 69 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 117 - Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 145 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 201 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.