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... Soul 35. Welcome Cross 36. Afflictions Sanctified by the Word 37. Temptation 38. Looking upwards in a Storm 39. The Valley of the Shadow of Death 40. Peace after a Storm 41. Mourning and Longing 42. Self - acquaintance 43. Prayer for ...
... Soul 35. Welcome Cross 36. Afflictions Sanctified by the Word 37. Temptation 38. Looking upwards in a Storm 39. The Valley of the Shadow of Death 40. Peace after a Storm 41. Mourning and Longing 42. Self - acquaintance 43. Prayer for ...
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... Description of the Procedure of Divine Love in bringing a Soul to the point of Self - renuncia- tion and Absolute Acquiescence • 403 • 404 405 406 TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF MADAME DE MOTHE GUION - XX OCNTENTB .
... Description of the Procedure of Divine Love in bringing a Soul to the point of Self - renuncia- tion and Absolute Acquiescence • 403 • 404 405 406 TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF MADAME DE MOTHE GUION - XX OCNTENTB .
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... Soul after God Gratitude and Love to God Happy Solitude - Unhappy Men Living Water Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World Divine Justice Amiable The Soul that Loves God finds Him everywhere The Testimony of Divine Adoption Divine ...
... Soul after God Gratitude and Love to God Happy Solitude - Unhappy Men Living Water Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World Divine Justice Amiable The Soul that Loves God finds Him everywhere The Testimony of Divine Adoption Divine ...
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... soul ; But , if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his free - born toe ! One step beyond the boundary of the laws , Fires him at once in Freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud Prerogative , not much revered , Is seldom ...
... soul ; But , if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his free - born toe ! One step beyond the boundary of the laws , Fires him at once in Freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud Prerogative , not much revered , Is seldom ...
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... soul , emancipated , unoppress'd , Free to prove all things and hold fast the best , Learns much ; and to a thousand list'ning minds Communicates with joy the good she finds ; Courage in arms , and ever prompt to shew His manly forehead ...
... soul , emancipated , unoppress'd , Free to prove all things and hold fast the best , Learns much ; and to a thousand list'ning minds Communicates with joy the good she finds ; Courage in arms , and ever prompt to shew His manly forehead ...
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Page 234 - Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!
Page 277 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 316 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 165 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on. each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 234 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 164 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Page 121 - Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.
Page 150 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 315 - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughen'd by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes...
Page 192 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize. And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.