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Page iv
... hope my little book is consistent with truth , and I trust it is of a friendly spi- rit . If we wish for peace on earth before we enjoy it in heaven , the least we can do in the midst of our unnumbered infirmities is to foster grateful ...
... hope my little book is consistent with truth , and I trust it is of a friendly spi- rit . If we wish for peace on earth before we enjoy it in heaven , the least we can do in the midst of our unnumbered infirmities is to foster grateful ...
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... Hope . 179 Kindness 181 Submission 184 Rest 186 • Brinkburn Priory 189 Are you Ready ? 191 The Robin and the Sparrow 193 The swallowed Bible 195 An Enemy 197 The happy Children 201 The Wanderer without a Guide 203 The Oak 205 The old ...
... Hope . 179 Kindness 181 Submission 184 Rest 186 • Brinkburn Priory 189 Are you Ready ? 191 The Robin and the Sparrow 193 The swallowed Bible 195 An Enemy 197 The happy Children 201 The Wanderer without a Guide 203 The Oak 205 The old ...
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... hope for such a one as I. " Go on , poor doubting Christian ; take fresh courage , and quicken thy step . Canaan is not so far off but thou shalt reach it at last ; and if thou couldst know how willing the Saviour of sinners is to ...
... hope for such a one as I. " Go on , poor doubting Christian ; take fresh courage , and quicken thy step . Canaan is not so far off but thou shalt reach it at last ; and if thou couldst know how willing the Saviour of sinners is to ...
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... hope of everlasting life . Sing , sinner ! for thy mourning is turned into joy , and thy fear of hell exchanged for the hope of heaven . Sing , soldier of the cross ! for the Captain of thy salvation has obtained the victory . The ene ...
... hope of everlasting life . Sing , sinner ! for thy mourning is turned into joy , and thy fear of hell exchanged for the hope of heaven . Sing , soldier of the cross ! for the Captain of thy salvation has obtained the victory . The ene ...
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... boundless ocean of the everlasting promises of the gospel . Another pearl was then added to my treasure , and that was the pearl of hope ; so that I was enabled to rejoice in the THE DIVER . 61 blessed assurance of Him who spake.
... boundless ocean of the everlasting promises of the gospel . Another pearl was then added to my treasure , and that was the pearl of hope ; so that I was enabled to rejoice in the THE DIVER . 61 blessed assurance of Him who spake.
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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.