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... duty ; the soul cannot pros- per in the neglect of it . Apostasy generally begins at the closet door.-P. HENRY . They that seem best to the world are often the worst to God ; they that are best to God seem worst to the world . When the ...
... duty ; the soul cannot pros- per in the neglect of it . Apostasy generally begins at the closet door.-P. HENRY . They that seem best to the world are often the worst to God ; they that are best to God seem worst to the world . When the ...
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... Duty Marked out by the The Bible - the gift which is free alike to the poor and the rich , the unlearned and the learned , the simple and the wise , to subjects and to rulers -the Bible , with equal clearness and power , marks out the ...
... Duty Marked out by the The Bible - the gift which is free alike to the poor and the rich , the unlearned and the learned , the simple and the wise , to subjects and to rulers -the Bible , with equal clearness and power , marks out the ...
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... Duty of a Blessed . - The Who are the blessed ? They who have kept their sympathies awake , And scattered joy for ... duties to perform , that it does not exist for itself but for the people , and that it ought to have no higher aim than ...
... Duty of a Blessed . - The Who are the blessed ? They who have kept their sympathies awake , And scattered joy for ... duties to perform , that it does not exist for itself but for the people , and that it ought to have no higher aim than ...
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... duty as the beast to the traveller ; he cannot go his journey without it , and has much ado to go with it . If the flesh is kept high , then it will not obey ; if low , then it is weak , and soon tires . Thus the Christian rids but ...
... duty as the beast to the traveller ; he cannot go his journey without it , and has much ado to go with it . If the flesh is kept high , then it will not obey ; if low , then it is weak , and soon tires . Thus the Christian rids but ...
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... duty to God ; | and all thy duty by this band is voluntary ; and he who is bound with this band will rejoice more to be called a fool for Christ's sake than to be esteemed a king upon the earth . Would to God we had more of this love ...
... duty to God ; | and all thy duty by this band is voluntary ; and he who is bound with this band will rejoice more to be called a fool for Christ's sake than to be esteemed a king upon the earth . Would to God we had more of this love ...
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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.