American Cottage Life: A Series of Poems Illustrative of American Scenery, and of the Associations, Feelings, and Employments of the American Cottager and FarmerSanborn & Carter, 1852 - 251 pages |
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Page viii
... Heavens , go , Think not that the Blest , Jehovah , Sovereign of my Heart , O , could I rule my erring Thought , Man's Spirit hath an Upward Look , The Secret Sign , Christ our Refuge , Thou Giver of the Rising Light , Desire for Heaven ...
... Heavens , go , Think not that the Blest , Jehovah , Sovereign of my Heart , O , could I rule my erring Thought , Man's Spirit hath an Upward Look , The Secret Sign , Christ our Refuge , Thou Giver of the Rising Light , Desire for Heaven ...
Page ix
... near to Christ , • . 188 The Glimpse of Heaven , The Last Trump , • The True Ground of Joy , The Physician of the Mind , · Sorrow for Sin , · . 189 . 190 . 191 ..92 192 Christ's Yoke easy , I shall yet praise Him , CONTENTS . IX.
... near to Christ , • . 188 The Glimpse of Heaven , The Last Trump , • The True Ground of Joy , The Physician of the Mind , · Sorrow for Sin , · . 189 . 190 . 191 ..92 192 Christ's Yoke easy , I shall yet praise Him , CONTENTS . IX.
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... Christ's Intercession , Rejoicing in God , The Martyrs , Heaven , · • • . 215 .216 . 217 .218 .219 · • 220 .221 222 . 223 . 224 . 225 226 · 227 .228 229 AMERICAN COTTAGE LIFE . AMERICAN COTTAGE LIFE . THE FARMER'S X CONTENTS .
... Christ's Intercession , Rejoicing in God , The Martyrs , Heaven , · • • . 215 .216 . 217 .218 .219 · • 220 .221 222 . 223 . 224 . 225 226 · 227 .228 229 AMERICAN COTTAGE LIFE . AMERICAN COTTAGE LIFE . THE FARMER'S X CONTENTS .
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... heaven above and earth below , Our maker and our guide , our hope , our all ! Be thou the farmer's friend . In want and woe , Teach him to look to thee , on thee to call ; Nor let his steps in error's pathway fall . With him preserve ...
... heaven above and earth below , Our maker and our guide , our hope , our all ! Be thou the farmer's friend . In want and woe , Teach him to look to thee , on thee to call ; Nor let his steps in error's pathway fall . With him preserve ...
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... heaven and earth , the waters and the air , There's a new glow of beauty . God's revealed ; The high , entranced eye of Faith can see , ( No longer by the earth's dim shadows sealed , ) The bright effulgence of the Deity , The glory now ...
... heaven and earth , the waters and the air , There's a new glow of beauty . God's revealed ; The high , entranced eye of Faith can see , ( No longer by the earth's dim shadows sealed , ) The bright effulgence of the Deity , The glory now ...
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beam beauty birds blaze bless blest bliss bloom bosom boys breast bright bright eyes brow chanticleer cheerful Chevy Chase clouds Cocheco cottage dark dear distant doth E'en early earth EXILE'S SONG faith farmer father fears flowers grace grief Hampshire hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hills hope hour humble Jehovah joyous knew land light look Lord Lord Rawdon loud mind morn mother mountain native ne'er neath noisy o'er once Passaconaway peace Penacook pleasures plough poor rejoice rest rill rocks round rude sachem scenes shades shining sing smile song sorrow soul star storm strife Suncook river sung sweet tear tempests Thanksgiving day thee there's there's a home thine thou dost thought toil tree vale voice Volsci wandering watched wave weary Whate'er winds wing woods Yanko youth
Popular passages
Page 207 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
Page 212 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 224 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 202 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Page 221 - This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare ; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience ; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck...
Page 193 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 198 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 203 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Page 188 - And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Page 184 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...