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... Christ ; He alone is the portion that justifies the deep craving of a Christian soul for love.—Bp. MACKARNESS . Affections . - The Exaltation of our When the Lord drives us from one creature - rest , we presently perch upon another ...
... Christ ; He alone is the portion that justifies the deep craving of a Christian soul for love.—Bp. MACKARNESS . Affections . - The Exaltation of our When the Lord drives us from one creature - rest , we presently perch upon another ...
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... Christian's A Christian's approbation rests not upon him- self , for he always regards himself as " a worm and no man ; but it rests upon the principles of divine grace implanted within his soul , and upon the God - like effects which ...
... Christian's A Christian's approbation rests not upon him- self , for he always regards himself as " a worm and no man ; but it rests upon the principles of divine grace implanted within his soul , and upon the God - like effects which ...
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... Christ our Sun is gone from us , that He may give more light unto us , which made him say- " It is expedient for you that I go away . " - HENRY SMITH . Asceticism .-- The Christian and Asceticism is not dead yet . A man may be poor in ...
... Christ our Sun is gone from us , that He may give more light unto us , which made him say- " It is expedient for you that I go away . " - HENRY SMITH . Asceticism .-- The Christian and Asceticism is not dead yet . A man may be poor in ...
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... Christian character and divine peace . Samson will then be shorn of his lock , and become weak as another man.-Dr. DAVIES . Backsliding . - The Fear of Ye do well to fear your backsliding . I had stood sure if I had in my youth borrowed ...
... Christian character and divine peace . Samson will then be shorn of his lock , and become weak as another man.-Dr. DAVIES . Backsliding . - The Fear of Ye do well to fear your backsliding . I had stood sure if I had in my youth borrowed ...
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... Christian and Proper What are the riches of the world to me ! What affliction can their loss cause me ! What is it to ne to lose the favour of the world , which makes us swerve from the path of Christ ! What signi- fies infamy , which ...
... Christian and Proper What are the riches of the world to me ! What affliction can their loss cause me ! What is it to ne to lose the favour of the world , which makes us swerve from the path of Christ ! What signi- fies infamy , which ...
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Page 111 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice.
Page 246 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Page 462 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 524 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 80 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — " My Father made them all 1
Page 128 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 454 - All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Page 454 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 320 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 77 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.