Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey1842 |
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... brought with it the figure of the bald- headed sexton . The very first walk that Abel took , after his arrival at the village , was to the churchyard , where , as he entered the little gate at the corner , he again heard the bell toll ...
... brought with it the figure of the bald- headed sexton . The very first walk that Abel took , after his arrival at the village , was to the churchyard , where , as he entered the little gate at the corner , he again heard the bell toll ...
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... brought me back to the beaten path . I did not discover that evening where the corncrake was ; but I found out , to a certainty , many places where it was not . Perhaps , reader , you may have been as much disappointed in your search ...
... brought me back to the beaten path . I did not discover that evening where the corncrake was ; but I found out , to a certainty , many places where it was not . Perhaps , reader , you may have been as much disappointed in your search ...
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... brought low . Thou wast a prisoner ; but thy ransom is paid . Sing , soldier ! for , though thou wast a rebel fighting under the standard of sin , now thou art a true and faithful soldier of Jesus Christ , conquering under the banner of ...
... brought low . Thou wast a prisoner ; but thy ransom is paid . Sing , soldier ! for , though thou wast a rebel fighting under the standard of sin , now thou art a true and faithful soldier of Jesus Christ , conquering under the banner of ...
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... brought up from the mighty deep listen , and you shall hear my re- lation . " For twenty years of my life , I was a diver in books , and brought up stores of knowledge that to me were prizable , gems of thought and costly pearls of ...
... brought up from the mighty deep listen , and you shall hear my re- lation . " For twenty years of my life , I was a diver in books , and brought up stores of knowledge that to me were prizable , gems of thought and costly pearls of ...
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... brought in great backsliding of heart , and barrenness of soul ; and where it would have ended , I cannot tell : but it pleased a faithful God , who had set his love upon me , to visit me with the rod . The dark clouds of his providence ...
... brought in great backsliding of heart , and barrenness of soul ; and where it would have ended , I cannot tell : but it pleased a faithful God , who had set his love upon me , to visit me with the rod . The dark clouds of his providence ...
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Abel Austin affliction BALD-HEADED SEXTON Bamborough Castle Banian tree BERNARD GILPIN Bible blessed body branch BRINKBURN PRIORY broken Canaan Celts Cheviot Hills Christian churlish comfort corn corncrake dark death DEATH'S VISITS deceived delight DIVER ears earth EDMUND HAWKER endure enemy eternal everlasting evil faith Father fear fire glory God's goodly grace grave green hand hath head hear heart heaven heavenly hill holly bush holy hope hour humble James iv Jesus Christ joyful noise kind look Matt mercy mind never night old hovel Old Humphrey oppressed passed peace pearls PHILIP OF MACEDON pilgrim pleasant pointer dog poor praise prayer Redeemer rejoice rest rich Saviour SCOTTISH BORDER Scythians season Sing smutted sorrow soul spirit Teutates thee things thou art thought tongue trouble village walked waters wicked word youth
Popular passages
Page 271 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 4 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 197 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 109 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 222 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 52 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 269 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections; whom we are commanded to "love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 19 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 264 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.