Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished Writings of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher |
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... eye grows dim ; the ear waxes dull ; the foot becomes slower , and the hand less nimble . As , when they take down a tent , one cord slacks after another , and one peg after another is drawn out of the ground , and all are but ...
... eye grows dim ; the ear waxes dull ; the foot becomes slower , and the hand less nimble . As , when they take down a tent , one cord slacks after another , and one peg after another is drawn out of the ground , and all are but ...
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... eye , as it once was to the eyes of prophets and inspired men ? JANUARY 4 : EVENING . He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me . - Mutt . x ...
... eye , as it once was to the eyes of prophets and inspired men ? JANUARY 4 : EVENING . He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me . - Mutt . x ...
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... eyes are dim ; Doubting and sad , we see not him Who waiteth still to hear . " The darkness gathers overhead , The morn will never come ! " Did we but raise our downcast eyes , In the 24 MORNING AND EVENING EXERCISES .
... eyes are dim ; Doubting and sad , we see not him Who waiteth still to hear . " The darkness gathers overhead , The morn will never come ! " Did we but raise our downcast eyes , In the 24 MORNING AND EVENING EXERCISES .
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... eyes , In the wide - flushing eastern skies Appears the glowing sun . Open our eyes , O Lord , we pray , To see our Way , our Guide ; That by the path that here we tread , We , following on , may still be led In thy light to abide ...
... eyes , In the wide - flushing eastern skies Appears the glowing sun . Open our eyes , O Lord , we pray , To see our Way , our Guide ; That by the path that here we tread , We , following on , may still be led In thy light to abide ...
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... eyes ? -what are all these worth ? But such is the trust which most Christians have in God . It has no virtue in it . It is like a light - house that burns only in daylight , and is extinguished at sundown . We need a trust that shall ...
... eyes ? -what are all these worth ? But such is the trust which most Christians have in God . It has no virtue in it . It is like a light - house that burns only in daylight , and is extinguished at sundown . We need a trust that shall ...
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Page 527 - There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man. And there was a widow in that city ; and she came unto him, saying ; Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while. But afterward he said within himself; Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; Yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her ; lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 370 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 111 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 387 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 251 - And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, But thine eyes shall see thy teachers : And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Page 138 - And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Page 480 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 277 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 253 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth ; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 333 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.