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... head , and that filled the whole house with a sweet odour , was poured out of an alabaster broken box ; so all gracious affections that are a sweet odour to Christ , and that fill the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and ...
... head , and that filled the whole house with a sweet odour , was poured out of an alabaster broken box ; so all gracious affections that are a sweet odour to Christ , and that fill the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and ...
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... head trembles with the palsy of old age , and their body is bending toward the earth ; but they lay their head on the bosom of Christ , and their body as well as their soul they commit to His faithful keeping until “ that day . ” — Dr ...
... head trembles with the palsy of old age , and their body is bending toward the earth ; but they lay their head on the bosom of Christ , and their body as well as their soul they commit to His faithful keeping until “ that day . ” — Dr ...
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... head of armies , or among the pomps of a court ; but often find them out in shades and solitudes , in the private walks and by - paths of life . The evening walk of a wise man is more illustrious in their sight than the march of a ...
... head of armies , or among the pomps of a court ; but often find them out in shades and solitudes , in the private walks and by - paths of life . The evening walk of a wise man is more illustrious in their sight than the march of a ...
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... head , but descended and ran down upon his beard , and to the skirts of his garments , so the Holy Ghost- the Spirit of Christ - distils , and is diffused from Christ the Head unto all the members of His body , so as the meanest saints ...
... head , but descended and ran down upon his beard , and to the skirts of his garments , so the Holy Ghost- the Spirit of Christ - distils , and is diffused from Christ the Head unto all the members of His body , so as the meanest saints ...
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... head , feet , sides - all his bed . Surely that God who made him knows so well his measure and temper as to make his bed to please him . Herein His art is excellent , not fitting the bed to the person , but the person to the bed ...
... head , feet , sides - all his bed . Surely that God who made him knows so well his measure and temper as to make his bed to please him . Herein His art is excellent , not fitting the bed to the person , but the person to the bed ...
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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.