Lenten Soliloquies for Private and Public UseYoung Churchman Company, 1904 - 222 pages |
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Page 58 - The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Page 36 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering ; for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed.
Page 127 - One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
Page 150 - Strong the earthy odour grows — I smell the mould above the rose ! Welcome Life ! the Spirit strives ! Strength returns and hope revives ; Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn Fly like shadows at the morn, — O'er the earth there comes a bloom ; Sunny light for sullen gloom, Warm perfume for vapour cold — I smell the rose above the mould ! April, 1845.
Page 209 - ... cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
Page 32 - But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Page 31 - Under the connecting feeling of tropical heat and vertical sunlights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Indostan.
Page 95 - Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may apprehend that for which also I was apprehended by Christ Jesus.
Page 210 - Look, Father, look on His anointed face, And only look on us as found in Him ; Look not on our misusings of Thy grace, Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim; For lo ! between our sins and their reward, We set the Passion of Thy Son our Lord.
Page 213 - DROP, drop, slow tears, And bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven The news and prince of peace ! Cease not, wet eyes, His mercies to entreat ; To cry for vengeance Sin doth never cease ; In your deep floods Drown all my faults and fears ; Nor let his eye See sin but through my tears.