The Christian Lady's Magazine, Volume 27R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1847 |
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... pass a very narrow limit , fail to excite any distinct idea of greatness . We need to borrow the help of fancy , before we awake to any real sense of their immense vastness , and lose our- selves in the unspeakable grandeur and majesty ...
... pass a very narrow limit , fail to excite any distinct idea of greatness . We need to borrow the help of fancy , before we awake to any real sense of their immense vastness , and lose our- selves in the unspeakable grandeur and majesty ...
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... pass , even at the present hour , before he could complete his long and solitary journey . Such is the immense vastness of our own planetary system . And yet this prodigious circuit is only a mere speck , when compared with those depths ...
... pass , even at the present hour , before he could complete his long and solitary journey . Such is the immense vastness of our own planetary system . And yet this prodigious circuit is only a mere speck , when compared with those depths ...
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... pass on to Physical Astronomy , or the secret laws that deter- mine the celestial motions . We may here discover fresh treasures of deeper wisdom , hidden in the merciful bosom of our Incarnate Lord . To enter on this field of thought ...
... pass on to Physical Astronomy , or the secret laws that deter- mine the celestial motions . We may here discover fresh treasures of deeper wisdom , hidden in the merciful bosom of our Incarnate Lord . To enter on this field of thought ...
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and fearful doom , be lost upon us . We may pass light- ly over the words of the solemn oath with which the Psalm concludes , but they proved the death - warrant of a nation . Men and women were there in the prime of life , and the ...
and fearful doom , be lost upon us . We may pass light- ly over the words of the solemn oath with which the Psalm concludes , but they proved the death - warrant of a nation . Men and women were there in the prime of life , and the ...
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... passing scenes ; bright visions which breathe peace to the perturbed spirit , and impart to the redeemed , a foretaste of heaven . Revelation and Creation mutually explain each other . The imagery of Scripture is steeped in the hues of ...
... passing scenes ; bright visions which breathe peace to the perturbed spirit , and impart to the redeemed , a foretaste of heaven . Revelation and Creation mutually explain each other . The imagery of Scripture is steeped in the hues of ...
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Page 280 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 171 - And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen : and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Page 39 - And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said...
Page 171 - He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; He that despiseth the gain of oppressions, That shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, That stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, And shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: Bread shall be given him ; his waters shall be sure.
Page 73 - And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Page 202 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Page 161 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Page 173 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 216 - Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name ever world without end.
Page 462 - For thus saith the high and lofty One That inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, With him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.