Edwin; Or, The Motherless Boy: Interspersed with Pieces of Original Poetry, Part 72 |
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... afflictions , surprising deliverances , or eloquent persuasions , are utterly in vain . God must speak to the dry bones , or they will not live : • His word leaps forth at once to its effect , He calls for things that are not , and they ...
... afflictions , surprising deliverances , or eloquent persuasions , are utterly in vain . God must speak to the dry bones , or they will not live : • His word leaps forth at once to its effect , He calls for things that are not , and they ...
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... affliction , will ever be there . " " Oh , what a pleasant land must heaven be ! " exclaimed Edwin . " Yes , truly it is . There is a beautiful de- scription of it in the beginning of the 21st chap- ter of the Revelations . I think you ...
... affliction , will ever be there . " " Oh , what a pleasant land must heaven be ! " exclaimed Edwin . " Yes , truly it is . There is a beautiful de- scription of it in the beginning of the 21st chap- ter of the Revelations . I think you ...
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... Edwin , that a good man must be happy in affliction or poverty , or even in death ; and a bad man cannot be happy , although his circumstances may be ever so prosperous . " " The next thing , papa , mentioned in my THE MOTHERLESS BOY . 59.
... Edwin , that a good man must be happy in affliction or poverty , or even in death ; and a bad man cannot be happy , although his circumstances may be ever so prosperous . " " The next thing , papa , mentioned in my THE MOTHERLESS BOY . 59.
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... affliction to fall on us ; for our good , and to teach us lessons of the greatest importance . In prosperity we are too apt to forget God ; but , in adversity and affliction , we feel that we cannot do without his favour . " " I suppose ...
... affliction to fall on us ; for our good , and to teach us lessons of the greatest importance . In prosperity we are too apt to forget God ; but , in adversity and affliction , we feel that we cannot do without his favour . " " I suppose ...
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... affliction , pardon their sins , justify their persons , protect them from every foe , and finally con- duct them to the mansions of everlasting bless- edness . ' " I should not have thought , papa , that all this was meant by the ...
... affliction , pardon their sins , justify their persons , protect them from every foe , and finally con- duct them to the mansions of everlasting bless- edness . ' " I should not have thought , papa , that all this was meant by the ...
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Page 24 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 16 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint, and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Page 17 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 162 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee.
Page 116 - This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 32 - Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
Page 17 - And I saw a new heaven, and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ; and there was no more sea. And I -John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God, out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Page 219 - Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 29 - Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!
Page 220 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.