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... cause to remove Himself . Sometimes we are vain or remiss , or pride invades us in the darkness and unconsciousness of our spirits , and we have a secret sin which God would have us inquire after ; and when we suspect everything , and ...
... cause to remove Himself . Sometimes we are vain or remiss , or pride invades us in the darkness and unconsciousness of our spirits , and we have a secret sin which God would have us inquire after ; and when we suspect everything , and ...
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... cause and procure our mercy ! He is not only an advocate for Himself and the glory promised Him , but for an unworthy sinner , for those penitents he hath left behind Him in the world . He remembers them as well as Himself . As Satan ...
... cause and procure our mercy ! He is not only an advocate for Himself and the glory promised Him , but for an unworthy sinner , for those penitents he hath left behind Him in the world . He remembers them as well as Himself . As Satan ...
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... cause we cannot all along walk in the sunshine , we therefore perversely fix only upon the darker passages , and so lose all the comfort of our com- | Affliction . — The Privilege of Rejoicing in forts . We are like froward children who ...
... cause we cannot all along walk in the sunshine , we therefore perversely fix only upon the darker passages , and so lose all the comfort of our com- | Affliction . — The Privilege of Rejoicing in forts . We are like froward children who ...
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... cause , even though one works in the lowest room , is motive strong enough to sustain energy in any man who has a belief in what St. Paul calls " the recompense of the reward . " - Bp . FRASER . Amen . - The Concentrated Meaning of In ...
... cause , even though one works in the lowest room , is motive strong enough to sustain energy in any man who has a belief in what St. Paul calls " the recompense of the reward . " - Bp . FRASER . Amen . - The Concentrated Meaning of In ...
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... cause they are better , nearer God , liker to Him , and more demonstrate His glory . — BAXTER . Angels . - The Nature of the They are living ones ; beings in whom life is inherent and instinctive . They are spirits , winged with ...
... cause they are better , nearer God , liker to Him , and more demonstrate His glory . — BAXTER . Angels . - The Nature of the They are living ones ; beings in whom life is inherent and instinctive . They are spirits , winged with ...
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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.